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A review by michaelbtice
Mindhunter: Inside the Fbi's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
4.0
If you're a true crime fan, then this is absolutely worth a read. If you're coming here from the show, then you should know it is nothing like the show. The show is a fictionalization of this book. The book is just the facts, ma'am, but they are very interesting facts presented in a matter of fact manner.
My criticisms are how Douglas has to describe every woman in the book as beautiful, even before any other descriptors, like what matters the most is how a woman looks, and his antiquated devotion to the death penalty. I get it. These are monsters, and they should not be allowed to roam free, but an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.
There was also a bit of a tonal shift at the very end, by I attribute that more to Olshaker, since we don't really know who wrote what.
My criticisms are how Douglas has to describe every woman in the book as beautiful, even before any other descriptors, like what matters the most is how a woman looks, and his antiquated devotion to the death penalty. I get it. These are monsters, and they should not be allowed to roam free, but an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.
There was also a bit of a tonal shift at the very end, by I attribute that more to Olshaker, since we don't really know who wrote what.