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American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood, and the Cyanide Poisonings that Shook the World by Gregg Olsen
3 reviews
amyharman70's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Medical content
wiggl3s's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
While I enjoyed this book and it’s really informative and takes you through basically every single event and piece of evidence that led up to the crime and the aftermath… I felt it was way too long. It took me forever to finish it because things are repeated over and over and over again. Also, there are so many names and people involved in the story that eventually you forget who is who other than the main family members. Which I suppose isn’t the authors fault but that also made it difficult to follow and keep up with what was happening.
However, it’s clear that gregg Olson worked his ass off to research this case and as far as I know left nothing out of it which I appreciate I just feel it could have been about 100 pages shorter than it ended up being. Hence the 3.5 rating. An interesting case for sure and Olsen’s writing is clear and easy to follow but prepare to be in it for the long haul.
However, it’s clear that gregg Olson worked his ass off to research this case and as far as I know left nothing out of it which I appreciate I just feel it could have been about 100 pages shorter than it ended up being. Hence the 3.5 rating. An interesting case for sure and Olsen’s writing is clear and easy to follow but prepare to be in it for the long haul.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Child abuse, Murder, and Drug use
jakobmarleymommy's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship
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