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A review by sopharesogood
Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer by Ann Rule
3.0
A very thorough telling of the events surrounding
the investigation of the Green River Killer. The book is not easy to read, one because of the horrific details of the way too many crimes and two because reading all about the women that were victimised really makes it feel almost too ‚close‘ like you are reading about your neighbour or an old friend.
The way so much time was given to each victim is great as the author gave space to tell their life from many sides and with one big message: being a sex worker does not stop you from being a daughter, a mother, a friend, a human.
This should of course be common sense but I had to put the book aside a few times because I was so furious how this monster thought he was "doing the right thing to clean up the streets" and how many people didn't really care at first because the victims were mainly sex workers. Shocking how the ‚worth‘ of a women was measured this way and sadly still is a lot of times. If I ever read again that people say it was no surprise that there would be disappearances etc because the women were ‚working in a high-risk environment‘ and it was ‚expected/their own fault that they were hurt/killed’ I will scream. (Not the author saying this but the media/people in the 70-90s as documented/described in way too many true crime books/series/documentaries/etc)
Summed up this man is a monster - nothing to add. I‘m glad that the victims families at least got some form of closure (at least regarding the murdered women he confessed to) and that the nightmare of the Green River Killer is over.
the investigation of the Green River Killer. The book is not easy to read, one because of the horrific details of the way too many crimes and two because reading all about the women that were victimised really makes it feel almost too ‚close‘ like you are reading about your neighbour or an old friend.
The way so much time was given to each victim is great as the author gave space to tell their life from many sides and with one big message: being a sex worker does not stop you from being a daughter, a mother, a friend, a human.
This should of course be common sense but I had to put the book aside a few times because I was so furious how this monster thought he was "doing the right thing to clean up the streets" and how many people didn't really care at first because the victims were mainly sex workers. Shocking how the ‚worth‘ of a women was measured this way and sadly still is a lot of times. If I ever read again that people say it was no surprise that there would be disappearances etc because the women were ‚working in a high-risk environment‘ and it was ‚expected/their own fault that they were hurt/killed’ I will scream. (Not the author saying this but the media/people in the 70-90s as documented/described in way too many true crime books/series/documentaries/etc)
Summed up this man is a monster - nothing to add. I‘m glad that the victims families at least got some form of closure (at least regarding the murdered women he confessed to) and that the nightmare of the Green River Killer is over.