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The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale
2.5
dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced
The principal story at the core of this book is interesting BUT the writer goes off topic at so many different points I lost the thread of what this book was about
Especially when the arthor started to detail other inmates & lives of guards of Broadmoor. While the tales where interesting I started to wonder who the book was about and why these stories weren't in a separate about book about Broadmoor. Same goes for the wartime stories & more that went far beyond Robert & general context.
This book could use a strong editor because there is a interesting tale of a life of a boy who grew into a interesting man. I learned more in the final chapter with greater emotion in a quick summation the arthor made then 10 chapters of time wasting. It's such a shame
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