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captainsneakers's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.25
Last book on my vacation before I head back to work.
Anne Rule writes solid true crime, but I did raise my eyebrows at how body obsessed she was in this book. Being overweight seemed as damning to Rule as buying castor seeds.
What happened after the end of the book: The subject is still in prison as of now, but has been trying to overturn her sentence. The ex husband passed away. No real info on the surviving daughter, so I hope her anonymity is protected and she's living a life with some peace in it.
Anne Rule writes solid true crime, but I did raise my eyebrows at how body obsessed she was in this book. Being overweight seemed as damning to Rule as buying castor seeds.
What happened after the end of the book: The subject is still in prison as of now, but has been trying to overturn her sentence. The ex husband passed away. No real info on the surviving daughter, so I hope her anonymity is protected and she's living a life with some peace in it.
courtney5's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
wormcharmer's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
4.5
jenbwright's review against another edition
3.0
Had I read this before the True Crime craze, I probably would have liked it much better but the killer felt obvious even though there was a valiant effort to blame someone else for the crimes. Even when the truth came out, it was hard to determine which version of the story was actually true, as the killer’s account of what happened kept changing. The story itself would make a great podcast though!
bullockae's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
3.75
pbraue13's review against another edition
3.0
Half the time I just wanted to jump back in time and yell at the husband of this book to either stop being such an idiot or to get the kids out of that house!