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frickative's review
2.0
This book is badly in need of an update. It comes to an abrupt end at the culmination of the brothers' first trial, meaning I had to go on Wikipedia to find out how it all turned out. It's also littered with spelling mistakes. The authors refer to themselves in third person, which scans oddly. I was really expecting something more focused on the case and trial, but the vast majority of the book is centred on the family saga element, taking readers all the way back to the childhoods of Kitty and Jose Menendez, and following through to the night they were murdered by their sons. It felt like there was a lot of background noise, but a lack of clarity on the important details. Not one of the more compelling true crime books I've read.
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