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A review by sidneyandsabrina
Catching a Serial Killer by Stephen Fulcher
3.0
Hmmm where to start? This was a hard book to read! I am ex police myself and don't have much good to say of the force! They shit on their own as demonstrated massively in this book and are often unbeknown to the public corrupt when it comes to covering asses to avoid 'embarrassment' and in shaping situations to best suit themselves above telling the truth! That's so unimportant to so many in the police and I have lived it and I have experienced and witnessed it so feel comfortable to be able to say that!
With fuclher I am much the same in terms of being honest to the bitter end no matter what the cost! I do not like or tolerate liars! I found the last part of the book hard to carry on with as I was so so angry because the police treat people so badly and continue to get away with it. As stated in the book large parts of the law do protect the criminals and it was what I couldn't stand about policing! The countries a mess when it comes to helping all the wrong people and penalising those decent among us!
The book was also hard to read as you could tell it was written by a high ranking officer not your on the street Bobbie! It was like reading an official policing legislation document largely in parts BORING, REPETITIVE AND LONGGGG! I don't doubt fulcher was a talented detective with an amazing gut instinct. What he doesn't have a talent for is writing books in my opinion and I read a lot!
I did find him to be rather arrogant in the first part of the book tbh. However following his down fall which should never have happened but still, his writing style altered and he came across as a bit more humble and less arrogant. I felt for him as I've experience the shit the police can put their own through and it's not a nice place to be!
Is it worth a read? Yes! Is it an easy read in terms of page turning and enjoyable? No!
With fuclher I am much the same in terms of being honest to the bitter end no matter what the cost! I do not like or tolerate liars! I found the last part of the book hard to carry on with as I was so so angry because the police treat people so badly and continue to get away with it. As stated in the book large parts of the law do protect the criminals and it was what I couldn't stand about policing! The countries a mess when it comes to helping all the wrong people and penalising those decent among us!
The book was also hard to read as you could tell it was written by a high ranking officer not your on the street Bobbie! It was like reading an official policing legislation document largely in parts BORING, REPETITIVE AND LONGGGG! I don't doubt fulcher was a talented detective with an amazing gut instinct. What he doesn't have a talent for is writing books in my opinion and I read a lot!
I did find him to be rather arrogant in the first part of the book tbh. However following his down fall which should never have happened but still, his writing style altered and he came across as a bit more humble and less arrogant. I felt for him as I've experience the shit the police can put their own through and it's not a nice place to be!
Is it worth a read? Yes! Is it an easy read in terms of page turning and enjoyable? No!