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existinbliss's review
5.0
I am a fan and Queen of reading everything True Crime! I have read a ton of Gregg Olsen's books and I am never disappointed. I have thoroughly enjoyed the Notorious USA series and slowly working my way through all of them. I have found this particular series to be very interesting as well as intriguing as the majority of the cases outlined in the series are not often heard of. (This is extraordinary coming from someone who knows a lot about true crime and cases, I've read and watched everything I can get my hands on).
The books in this series are short and do not go into a lot of detail. It spits the straight facts with a little bit of background history. Gregg does a great job painting the setting - you can picture yourself throughout this book in Kentucky. It cover multiple crimes: starting with the victim, the perpetrator, and the crime itself - needless to say you aren't left wanting more. "The Death of a Cheerleader" tells the stories of some very unusual crimes: a young woman disappearing from a beach and a neighbor observing the abduction through a telescope across the way, husband who murders his wife in cold blood but has to figure out where and how to get rid of her head, two people gone missing at the drive-in, a young girl disappearing from a sleepover and is no where to be found.
Of all the Notorious USA books I have read so far, this one is by far my favorite and the most intriguing. I cannot wait to continue on with this series, Gregg and Kevin leave me wanting more!
5/5 Stars - Very well written, no grammatical errors. I read this book on my Kindle. If you are interested in a quick read and enjoy true crime, I highly recommend picking up a copy for yourself today!
The books in this series are short and do not go into a lot of detail. It spits the straight facts with a little bit of background history. Gregg does a great job painting the setting - you can picture yourself throughout this book in Kentucky. It cover multiple crimes: starting with the victim, the perpetrator, and the crime itself - needless to say you aren't left wanting more. "The Death of a Cheerleader" tells the stories of some very unusual crimes: a young woman disappearing from a beach and a neighbor observing the abduction through a telescope across the way, husband who murders his wife in cold blood but has to figure out where and how to get rid of her head, two people gone missing at the drive-in, a young girl disappearing from a sleepover and is no where to be found.
Of all the Notorious USA books I have read so far, this one is by far my favorite and the most intriguing. I cannot wait to continue on with this series, Gregg and Kevin leave me wanting more!
5/5 Stars - Very well written, no grammatical errors. I read this book on my Kindle. If you are interested in a quick read and enjoy true crime, I highly recommend picking up a copy for yourself today!
theremightbecupcakes's review
3.0
3.5 stars: This is an interesting collection of not-well-known cases, as always smoothly and respectfully narrated by Kevin Pierce (my most recommended true crime audiobook narrator), and is written by talented authors (two of which are friends of mine—disclaimer.) I only rate this down because this is really a bits-and-bites true crime collection: this is what happened, and that’s it. No insight into why, no delving deep. There was a shockingly short case study about a mother who killed some of her children rather violently: it described the day it occurred, and then ended. I felt more like a voyeur reading this than the student of psychology I am.*
*no really, BA psy and MEd counseling. I reread this review and saw that last part read as really flippant. Sorry about that. I intensely want to know all the whys all the time. It’s a curse.
*no really, BA psy and MEd counseling. I reread this review and saw that last part read as really flippant. Sorry about that. I intensely want to know all the whys all the time. It’s a curse.
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