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A review by collkavs
Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America by Les Standiford
2.0
I wanted to stop reading this book several times, but felt compelled to keep going because I actually did want to find out the resolution. So it gets points for that, I guess.
Clearly there were some major problems with how the Adam Walsh investigation was handled, but it's problematic that the lead detective comes off as more of a villain than the child-murderer himself. Also, there's a very weird interlude where both the author and Joe Matthews, co-author / hero of the story, make it clear that they believe that the sexual harassment of a female officer is laughable and not worth even investigating.
Still, might have given it three stars were it not for the hyperbole about how everything changed forever - the authors would apparently be absolutely dumbfounded to learn that I played outside with other children and only occasional adult supervision well into the 1990s - and the excessive repetition of the most disgusting details of the crime. It began to feel sensational and exploitative.
Clearly there were some major problems with how the Adam Walsh investigation was handled, but it's problematic that the lead detective comes off as more of a villain than the child-murderer himself. Also, there's a very weird interlude where both the author and Joe Matthews, co-author / hero of the story, make it clear that they believe that the sexual harassment of a female officer is laughable and not worth even investigating.
Still, might have given it three stars were it not for the hyperbole about how everything changed forever - the authors would apparently be absolutely dumbfounded to learn that I played outside with other children and only occasional adult supervision well into the 1990s - and the excessive repetition of the most disgusting details of the crime. It began to feel sensational and exploitative.