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bokslukaren's review against another edition
The 44 pages I managed to read were filled with information which was seemingly irrelevant to the case, such as the shrimp on Ayers Rock and christianity in the US during the 1800s. I, once again, don't know if I should blame Bryson or the translator of my edition Per Rundgren for the subpar writing, which ranges from strange formulations (who calls “Rock Paper Scissors” Scissors Paper Rock?) to unrealistic and idyllic descriptions of women's bodies. What I can blame neither the author or translator for, though, and is the main reason for me not finishing it, is the fact that 30 pages were missing from my edition. I guess that's the kind of risk you take when buying second-hand.
scarlettletters's review against another edition
4.0
I saw this ebook was on sale and since I'd always kind of wanted to know the story behind the case, I bought it and immediately started reading it. When I was about halfway through, there was also an episode of My Favorite Murder where Georgia covered this case.
It's another one of those cases (Adnan Syed, Stephen Avery, Michael Peterson) where even if you think the person is guilty you can't help but think they didn't get a fair trial. And I think after having read this book it would be very hard to consider Lindy guilty but apparently there are still people who do.
Bryson does a good job setting the scene. I'm not at all familiar with Australia but he described the areas so it wasn't like being dropped into a totally foreign landscape.
It's another one of those cases (Adnan Syed, Stephen Avery, Michael Peterson) where even if you think the person is guilty you can't help but think they didn't get a fair trial. And I think after having read this book it would be very hard to consider Lindy guilty but apparently there are still people who do.
Bryson does a good job setting the scene. I'm not at all familiar with Australia but he described the areas so it wasn't like being dropped into a totally foreign landscape.
ericwelch's review against another edition
5.0
I was reminded of this book after reading Notgettingenough's review of [b:Who Killed Leanne Holland?|8038640|Who Killed Leanne Holland?|Graeme Crowley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1271223737s/8038640.jpg|12661203]. I read it years ago, but the basic story still sticks in my mind. A nine-week old child disappeared and the parents claimed it had been taken by a dingo. The mother and father were charged with murder despite negative views of the police inquiry. The parents were Seventh-Day Adventists which led to a series of ridiculous charges regarding false assumptions about their religious beliefs, you know, the usual crap about eating babies, etc., etc.
Very well written and the kind of book that gets you really mad.
Very well written and the kind of book that gets you really mad.
michaelstearns's review
4.0
Read the summer of the film "A Cry in the Dark," and was glad I had. A truly horrifying story of institutionalized prejudice and bumbling police inspectors and how their ineptness compound a family's grief about the death of their child. Sadder still that "A dingo took my baby!" has become a laugh line these many years later. Anyway, a fantastic bit of crime/sociological writing about the Australia of thirty years ago.
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