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A review by adogmomsbookishlife
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi
dark
informative
tense
fast-paced
5.0
This book is mesmerizing! It is intoxicating! At almost 700 pages long, I could not put it down! Vincent sure knows how to tell a story!
I went into this book mostly blind. I knew of the Manson murders, but I did not know any of the details.
Obviously the content is very deep due to this being a historical account of those murders. Written by the prosecuting attorney, you’d think it would be a slow nonfiction read, but it is anything but that.
Outside of the murders (which are of course horrific), it’s hard to believe everything else that happened through the case as well. So many people failed to do their jobs so many different times. It’s mind blowing!
In fact, Vincent stated the following in one of the last chapters, and he’s absolutely correct!
“If these murders had never happened and someone wrote a novel with the same set of facts and circumstances most people would put it down after a few pages; because as I understand it, to be good fiction it has to be somewhat believable, and this story is just too far out.”
If true crime is your cup of tea, you absolutely without a doubt need to read this!
I went into this book mostly blind. I knew of the Manson murders, but I did not know any of the details.
Obviously the content is very deep due to this being a historical account of those murders. Written by the prosecuting attorney, you’d think it would be a slow nonfiction read, but it is anything but that.
Outside of the murders (which are of course horrific), it’s hard to believe everything else that happened through the case as well. So many people failed to do their jobs so many different times. It’s mind blowing!
In fact, Vincent stated the following in one of the last chapters, and he’s absolutely correct!
“If these murders had never happened and someone wrote a novel with the same set of facts and circumstances most people would put it down after a few pages; because as I understand it, to be good fiction it has to be somewhat believable, and this story is just too far out.”
If true crime is your cup of tea, you absolutely without a doubt need to read this!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Sexual content