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coleycole's review against another edition
4.0
Some of these articles were a bit depressing, but on the whole the collection is totally fascinating.
jaclynday's review
3.0
I bought this on the Kindle during a daily deal promotion or something and I’m going to read the other collections as soon as possible. I don’t know how I haven’t gotten my paws on these before (RIGHT IN MY WHEELHOUSE), but the shorter articles included are perfect for fitting in right before I pass out asleep at night. The content is varied and it’s all interesting, but I liked two articles especially. One was about Charles Cullen (the subject of this book I reviewed last year) and the other was about Chinese military murdering Tibetan refugees in sight of climbers at the base of Cho Oyu. Pretty haunting.
harvio's review
4.0
- an eclectic collection of the year's best true crime reportage; snitches, super-maximum prisons, bad neighbours, improbable imposters, criminal organ donars, and the usual assortment of murderers; originally published in The New Yorker, Men's Journal, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, etc
- I enjoy this series
- I enjoy this series
blkmymorris's review
4.0
I liked th emix of articles. My favorites were the con men like in Justin Heckert's "I'm with the Steelers" and Tom Junod's "Mercenary." I also enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell's look at criminal profiling and how faulty it is.The true crime stories are also good. The last story "Murder at 19,000 Feet" by Jonathan Green was a gut punch about politics and mountain climbers in Tibet.
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