cynthiaactually 's review for:

The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Molly Kendall, Elizabeth Kendall
1.0

Here is the unfortunate thing: this is an EXCEPTIONAL story written by someone who has no gift for writing. You would think the real-life accounts of someone who lived with and loved a horrific serial killer would be scary and emotional, but you would be wrong. This book was boring. At no time did the fear seep through. Additionally, she told us she was an alcoholic who hit bottom and went into recovery. But that stress or anxiety was never conveyed. Saying "we went out and drank too much" does not pain the portrait of an alcoholic.
The new afterward - written well after the original publication - came much closer to capturing that emotion, but it was not enough.