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The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy
by Molly Kendall, Elizabeth Kendall
I read the newly reprinted version of this book, which includes an afterword and a section written by Molly, the author's daughter. Without those updates, this book would be incredibly disturbing, not so much because of anything Ted Bundy did (that certainly doesn't need any help to be horrifying), but because Elizabeth clearly couldn't let go of the image she had of him as warm and caring, and prioritized her comfort with their relationship over the horrific assaults and murders that he committed over and over again. I have no idea what her purpose in writing this was. She never really denounces him in the original text, even when her suspicions lead her to call the police. Her denial could be seen from space. It was nauseating. At least with the new conclusion, and the parts of the story filled in by her daughter, we can see that she did eventually come to understand the reality of what had happened. Still, nothing much is gained by reading this.