ionxcvii 's review for:

Chasing the Boogeyman: A Novel by Richard Chizmar

4.5

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Reading true crime for the first time is definitely different. This book overall is very well thought out, and just the right amount of complex. The first chapter you can tell is more for the author than the reader which will make sense once you get to the concluding Author's Note. Around 200 pages in is when I got a little worried since it started to feel possibly too repetitive and not enough questions answered, but the Afterword definitely saved it and brought everything together. There are technically 2 or 3 small things about the killer that are left unanswered, but to me, I can see how that adds a realistic feel to how true crime ends most times. There are evil people out there that the everyday person just will never entirely understand.