A review by faefires
Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olsen

dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.0

the story behind this book is riveting, full of scheming and mystery, and for the first third of the book, it is told very well. unfortunately, this book could have benefited from being 150 pages shorter. it drags in the middle as the reader is forced to sit through painfully detailed trial testimony that is only tangentially relevant, and extensive histories of side characters. the story is certainly chilling, and the writing is strong, but the pacing made me skim and wish i had just listened to a true crime podcast covering this instead. 
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