A review by muddypuddle
The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice by Rebecca Musser

2.0

Fascinating story, and Becky Musser was really brave to tell it (and to live it!), but I had some problems with the book. I'm not a nonfiction reader AT ALL, and as much as I want to read memoirs and autobiographies, I never like them. A couple of problems for me. I have a really lousy memory myself, but I can't imagine that the details remembered in this book, without a journal or diary to refer to, could be remembered truly. Also, I realize that Ms. Musser is not a writer, but she did have help .... I found the writing repetitive, pretty simplistic, and boring. The author, herself, read the book, which in a way was really good, but after awhile her awkward pauses between words in weird places really bugged me. I'm too picky, I guess. My heart aches for her and all the women that are in their situation, and I'm really glad I got to hear her story. However, I found a Dateline episode about this whole story which I found much more interesting and concise.