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bigfatraindrops's review
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Mental illness
brandongryder's review
5.0
I became interested in this book after Ed Gein was mentioned in “Dahmer.” While it deals with a subject I am not normally comfortable with, the writers did a superb job of explaining the reasons they believe Gein became a monster. Very good book but I am done with serial killers for the foreseeable future.
kdahlo's review
1.0
I generally like serial killer content, I do not like sympathetic serial killer portraits. Especially when the premise is: something horrible must have happened to him make him do this! I feel like authors who write these narratives feel like they are insightfully reading between the lines of historical records. In fact they are gullible: repeating and elaborating on excuses spun by unrepentant killers. Fact is thin on the ground here if you don't ascribe to the (rather dull) theory that killers "must be" victims in some way. A similar graphic novel I would recommend is the Green River Killer, that story focuses on one of the investigators, and does a much better job researching the lives of the victims and the community. This book just regurgitates a lot of lurid speculation about the killer's "tragic" childhood. Dull.
daiareads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.5
courtneyjane's review
5.0
Those illustrations were almost done too well. Can't wait for nightmares about the nipple belt.