I have read much about the Black Dahlia case so I found this book quite fascinating. I had no idea that Thank You NetGalley for the copy of this book.
I have read much about the Black Dahlia case so I found this book quite fascinating. I had no idea that a similar murder had occurred across the country.
The descriptions were chilling, especially since they happened so long ago when things like this were so uncommon.
It is quite graphic. Not many books on true crime give me the chills, but the brutality of these two murders gave me the chills.
It was also interesting to see how murder trials and investigations were handled long ago without the help of DNA and everything offered today. It makes me wonder how many people spent much of their lives in jail just because a jury of 12 was fed misinformation based on nothing but a misguided prosecutor trying to close a case. But I suppose that still happens to a lot these days.
This is an interesting read and it made me think and I鈥檓 still thinking about it. All is not as it seems....more
Very insightful book. Makes you look into yourself. Not really a book you would sit down and read cover to cover all at once. More like a book you wouVery insightful book. Makes you look into yourself. Not really a book you would sit down and read cover to cover all at once. More like a book you would keep by your chair and pick up to read another chapter as they are all more or less life lessons written to boost you along.
I believe Amanda to be innocent. It is scary to think how easily you can be detained for a crime you did not commit in another country. She writes welI believe Amanda to be innocent. It is scary to think how easily you can be detained for a crime you did not commit in another country. She writes well鈥�. But I honestly got a bit bored with it and put it down quite a few times before I finished it. The parts about her relationship with her prosecutor just made me feel creeped out. ...more
It was a bit long, at over 600 pages, but written in a way that kept your attention.
I was 15 in 1975 Well written and a great read for any fan of SNL.
It was a bit long, at over 600 pages, but written in a way that kept your attention.
I was 15 in 1975 when it first aired and I remember lying in my bed after a night spent with good friends and SNL popped on at 11:30 and I was hooked.
Definitely groundbreaking stuff.
Lorne was a visionary and he had the guts to put stuff out there that would make a parent in the 70鈥檚 cringe. Mine never knew what I was watching since they were already asleep.
It became my Saturday Night Ritual. I stopped watching a few years back. I just don鈥檛 find it enjoyable anymore. I guess the torch has passed to a new generation or two, but I鈥檓 so glad I got on for the ride at the very beginning when it was truly good....more
Not a bad book at all鈥�. But just not MY type of book. A bit too sappy for me, but well written.
I think it鈥檚 probably just me. I鈥檓 into true crime and Not a bad book at all鈥�. But just not MY type of book. A bit too sappy for me, but well written.
I think it鈥檚 probably just me. I鈥檓 into true crime and biographies and thought I鈥檇 take a break since this was a Freebie.
So the book may be really good to a lot of people....more
This was an incredibly well written and well researched book.
I never really knew much about Attica except for Dustin Hoffman screaming 鈥淎ttica! AtticThis was an incredibly well written and well researched book.
I never really knew much about Attica except for Dustin Hoffman screaming 鈥淎ttica! Attica!鈥� In Dog Day Afternoon. (Great movie.)
This was both heartbreaking and an eye opener for me. The conditions in that prison was shameful. Just because someone is an inmate does not mean they should be treated like they are not human.
Yes, some had done unthinkable crimes鈥�. But they were incarcerated for them.
Some were actually housed there because they were driving without a license or petty vandalism by an 18 year old. We have all done stupid things in our younger years.
The treatment of these inmates were along the line of prisoners of war, or what that vision is in my mind.
They just wanted basic human needs.
The loss of life was senseless.
This book I got from my library, but it may turn into one I buy for my own library. So I can read it and remind myself how blessed I really am....more
Not a bad book by any means, but it just did not grab me like I was hoping it would.
The writer is very talented and dedicated a lot of time in these cNot a bad book by any means, but it just did not grab me like I was hoping it would.
The writer is very talented and dedicated a lot of time in these cases and in this book so if you are interested in True Crime you may enjoy this very much.
I appreciate the time the author put into writing his own personal account....more
This was my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it. I think I will go back and read all of her books. It was a quick read that was cute andThis was my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it. I think I will go back and read all of her books. It was a quick read that was cute and let me breeze through quickly....more
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