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oliverhannah41 's review for:
The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, Updated and Expanded Edition
by Elizabeth Kendall
I have a lot of compassion for Liz. How traumatic and devastating. Her bravery in her story and her willingness to share should not go unnoticed.
It is not her fault that the man she loved was a mass murderer. It’s not her fault that she didn’t know.
The original book is very choppy, as though she was just writing down every memory, every thought, every word she could remember without thought of how the story flowed together. It’s a memoir, but flows as “and then, and then, and then.” It’s just a series of events and memories woven together haphazardly.
Her updated words in the back flow much better. The sentences are more complex, the writing is more nuanced and careful. I think her original work shows her frame of mind and her turmoil when writing the original manuscript. Her updates show her healing and how she has been able to move past the situation honestly and with humility. To express real disgust for Ted, where in the original she still felt love for him and was in a state of cognitive dissonance.
This story is not for everyone, but it is interesting to hear about Ted through the eyes of someone who genuinely loved him and was just as stunned and emotionally rocked as America when the truth came fully to light.
Molly’s additions are startling and devastating. Examples of inappropriate behaviors and sexual assault show the underbelly of who Ted really was that was unseen to Liz.
It is not her fault that the man she loved was a mass murderer. It’s not her fault that she didn’t know.
The original book is very choppy, as though she was just writing down every memory, every thought, every word she could remember without thought of how the story flowed together. It’s a memoir, but flows as “and then, and then, and then.” It’s just a series of events and memories woven together haphazardly.
Her updated words in the back flow much better. The sentences are more complex, the writing is more nuanced and careful. I think her original work shows her frame of mind and her turmoil when writing the original manuscript. Her updates show her healing and how she has been able to move past the situation honestly and with humility. To express real disgust for Ted, where in the original she still felt love for him and was in a state of cognitive dissonance.
This story is not for everyone, but it is interesting to hear about Ted through the eyes of someone who genuinely loved him and was just as stunned and emotionally rocked as America when the truth came fully to light.
Molly’s additions are startling and devastating. Examples of inappropriate behaviors and sexual assault show the underbelly of who Ted really was that was unseen to Liz.