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emmagarvey's review
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Murder
Moderate: Drug abuse and Adult/minor relationship
sjmacwrites's review
5.0
I remember when this case hit the media and the whole of Australia was in shock. At the time it was being presented as if their killer had worked with his girlfriend in order to gain access to the benefits that Karlie had as a single mother. Every time the case was brought up that was all I could remember, that a mother and daughter were killed for money.
After hearing about the release of this book on Australian True Crime I grabbed the book when I saw it and after reading through it I realised that there was a lot that either didn't make the news or just wasn't heard by a lot of people. The number of people who were actually involved in covering this crime up either purposely or due to fear was staggering. On top of that, learning about Karlie and Khandalyce's murderer and what actually was the motive made this case even more horrifying.
Ava Benny-Morrison has done an amazing job gathering all the information from the police and from the family of Karlie and Khandalyce as well as the history of their killer. She has written a book that is informative but not too graphic, especially when discussing the death of Karlie and Khandalyce and what was done to then before and after death.
When I finished the book I did have a lot of questions, especially regarding a list that the killer had regarding potential victims but when it came to the main story, I found that it covered everything. It's possible that we may hear more about this case in the future as there is a possibility that their killer may try for an appeal of his sentence.
I've talked about this book when I was 10 chapters in but my beliefs then still stand. This book is a fantastic book to read and I would definitely recommend it.
I will make this note, however: despite the lack of graphic detail, this book does discuss the sexual abuse of children on top of the murder of children.
This review was also published here: https://bulletinboardblog.blogspot.com/
After hearing about the release of this book on Australian True Crime I grabbed the book when I saw it and after reading through it I realised that there was a lot that either didn't make the news or just wasn't heard by a lot of people. The number of people who were actually involved in covering this crime up either purposely or due to fear was staggering. On top of that, learning about Karlie and Khandalyce's murderer and what actually was the motive made this case even more horrifying.
Ava Benny-Morrison has done an amazing job gathering all the information from the police and from the family of Karlie and Khandalyce as well as the history of their killer. She has written a book that is informative but not too graphic, especially when discussing the death of Karlie and Khandalyce and what was done to then before and after death.
When I finished the book I did have a lot of questions, especially regarding a list that the killer had regarding potential victims but when it came to the main story, I found that it covered everything. It's possible that we may hear more about this case in the future as there is a possibility that their killer may try for an appeal of his sentence.
I've talked about this book when I was 10 chapters in but my beliefs then still stand. This book is a fantastic book to read and I would definitely recommend it.
I will make this note, however: despite the lack of graphic detail, this book does discuss the sexual abuse of children on top of the murder of children.
This review was also published here: https://bulletinboardblog.blogspot.com/
mumzy's review
5.0
Lived this true crime book. It was very sad but I am glad the family finally got justice.
A great read for anyone interested in Australian true crime.
A great read for anyone interested in Australian true crime.
etidae's review against another edition
4.0
Aus true crime, tragic story of mum & daughter assaulted and murdered
• Australian true crime
• triggering content: murder, drug use, sexual abuse
The story - what happened - is so tragic and heart wrenching. It boggles the mind how some people get away with so much before they finally do something that there’s no recovering from - in this case murder. The young mother and child who were murdered are the escalation of a man who brings nothing but destruction to everyone he crosses and harms, victimised and abuses who knows how many people before finally committing murder. He should’ve been put in jail and kept there ages before his path even crossed with them.
That list of children ages names and some locations - police didn’t find connections due to lack of enough info but I bet everything he has done what the list implies.
ANYWAY - this book is well researched with a lot of resources and interviews with personal accounts from those involved and victims and is told in a chronological order of bodies found and them being connected to a cold missing persons case. I think the research the writing style and the storytelling set up is done well and as objectively as it can be done - even though it comes across a little frustrating when everyone involved get their say and you just know what a scum someone in particular is - Grrr.
Ava does this story justice in the way it is told.
• Australian true crime
• triggering content: murder, drug use, sexual abuse
The story - what happened - is so tragic and heart wrenching. It boggles the mind how some people get away with so much before they finally do something that there’s no recovering from - in this case murder. The young mother and child who were murdered are the escalation of a man who brings nothing but destruction to everyone he crosses and harms, victimised and abuses who knows how many people before finally committing murder. He should’ve been put in jail and kept there ages before his path even crossed with them.
That list of children ages names and some locations - police didn’t find connections due to lack of enough info but I bet everything he has done what the list implies.
ANYWAY - this book is well researched with a lot of resources and interviews with personal accounts from those involved and victims and is told in a chronological order of bodies found and them being connected to a cold missing persons case. I think the research the writing style and the storytelling set up is done well and as objectively as it can be done - even though it comes across a little frustrating when everyone involved get their say and you just know what a scum someone in particular is - Grrr.
Ava does this story justice in the way it is told.