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littleforest_ 's review for:
The Stranger Beside Me
by Ann Rule
And a half*
There is no doubt that Ann Rule did a great deal of research and investigation; however, I found the book challenging to read. There are so many details and information that I couldn't keep track of, so many names and dates that the events eventually got mixed up in my head. I found the writing style lacking creativity, it made me bored at some parts that I would stop reading immediately. But I always picked up the book again because I wanted to know more about Ted Bundy. What's certain is that Ann succeeded in portraying Ted's story in a way that made him look somehow pitiful. She could,through her writing, show the other side of him, his good side. Yet even with Ann showing the whole picture of Ted Bundy, the small good side of him blurs out in front of his cruelty and monstrosity.
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some of my favorite quotes by Ted Bundy:
"There can never be any goodbyes for Meg and I, but I weep bitterly to think that there can be no more hellos."
"Dear Ann,
Just returned from Brazil and found your letters piled up in my post office box here in Glenwood. Jesus, you must have thought I got lost in the jungles down there. I actually went down there to find out where the sons of bitches are hiding the 11 billion tons of coffee they say the bad weather destroyed. Didn’t find any coffee but brought back 400 pounds of cocaine.''
"What I am experiencing now is an entirely new dimension of loneliness mixed with resignation and calm. Unlike times of low morale I have survived in the past, I know I will not wake up in the morning refreshed and revived. I will wake up knowing only what has to be done—if I have the courage."
There is no doubt that Ann Rule did a great deal of research and investigation; however, I found the book challenging to read. There are so many details and information that I couldn't keep track of, so many names and dates that the events eventually got mixed up in my head. I found the writing style lacking creativity, it made me bored at some parts that I would stop reading immediately. But I always picked up the book again because I wanted to know more about Ted Bundy. What's certain is that Ann succeeded in portraying Ted's story in a way that made him look somehow pitiful. She could,through her writing, show the other side of him, his good side. Yet even with Ann showing the whole picture of Ted Bundy, the small good side of him blurs out in front of his cruelty and monstrosity.
******
some of my favorite quotes by Ted Bundy:
"There can never be any goodbyes for Meg and I, but I weep bitterly to think that there can be no more hellos."
"Dear Ann,
Just returned from Brazil and found your letters piled up in my post office box here in Glenwood. Jesus, you must have thought I got lost in the jungles down there. I actually went down there to find out where the sons of bitches are hiding the 11 billion tons of coffee they say the bad weather destroyed. Didn’t find any coffee but brought back 400 pounds of cocaine.''
"What I am experiencing now is an entirely new dimension of loneliness mixed with resignation and calm. Unlike times of low morale I have survived in the past, I know I will not wake up in the morning refreshed and revived. I will wake up knowing only what has to be done—if I have the courage."