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A review by cindytheskull
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
2.0
I never thought it would have taken me that long to read this story. I expected it to be absolutely page turning, but I was wrong.
Ann Rule met Ted Bundy and, as far as I can understand, she wants to say they were real friends when, in fact, they weren't. They met each other at work and occasionally talked on the phone before Bundy was arrested, and had increased contact after Bundy was in jail.
The letters and phone calls they exchanged had mainly two reasons: Bundy hoped it would help to have Ann influencing the police, or simply using her to get some information for his defense. Ann Rule knew she could write the book that would change her life.
I am happy that Rule gives the victims a voice. We know a little bit from the life of each of Ted Bundy's victims, and what the last steps were before their disappearance.
I am not happy that she keeps conjecturing all the time, trying to give her analysis on why Bundy did kill, without giving any particular depth or detail on his actual behaviour or modus operandi. Bundy himself complained about the "wrong conclusions" she came to when talking about serial killers.
The book was too long, too superficial, and aimed to give Ann Rule a profile as a writer more than giving an account on Bundy's story. I don't think I may try to read any other book by this author in the near feature.
Ann Rule met Ted Bundy and, as far as I can understand, she wants to say they were real friends when, in fact, they weren't. They met each other at work and occasionally talked on the phone before Bundy was arrested, and had increased contact after Bundy was in jail.
The letters and phone calls they exchanged had mainly two reasons: Bundy hoped it would help to have Ann influencing the police, or simply using her to get some information for his defense. Ann Rule knew she could write the book that would change her life.
I am happy that Rule gives the victims a voice. We know a little bit from the life of each of Ted Bundy's victims, and what the last steps were before their disappearance.
I am not happy that she keeps conjecturing all the time, trying to give her analysis on why Bundy did kill, without giving any particular depth or detail on his actual behaviour or modus operandi. Bundy himself complained about the "wrong conclusions" she came to when talking about serial killers.
The book was too long, too superficial, and aimed to give Ann Rule a profile as a writer more than giving an account on Bundy's story. I don't think I may try to read any other book by this author in the near feature.