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redhdlibrarian's review
4.0
Could not put this down! While truly sad, this lady was completely insane/existing outside reality. There were so many red flags, so many authorities involved, and so many people begging for her help. However, rich, affluent parents either enabled her or ignored the problems because it "didn't look well for the family".
Her slow downfall was like watching a car crash; you can't look away just like you can't stop reading to see what Laura does next. The meat. The babysitting. The ruining of a high-school ex's life (poor guy). The peeing everywhere. The phone calls. Ice pick. Closets. I mean, wow. BANG, are there injuries int hat car wreck, because there were in this book and real life because of Laura Dann.
Her plan, while completely unattainable to her malfunctioning brain and behavior, was pretty impressive/diabolical. She could have injured and killed hundreds had her bombs succeeded or had her guns not malfunctioned/dumped them. We all know no one was going to eat those Rice Krispies or drink the juice boxes. Poor dog. :(
I truly feel for the people, children, and families that were affected by her mental health issues as there was no need for it to EVER get that far. Hopefully all officers, detectives, and therapists involved learned from Laura and used it to impact their careers and help people in the future.
Her slow downfall was like watching a car crash; you can't look away just like you can't stop reading to see what Laura does next. The meat. The babysitting. The ruining of a high-school ex's life (poor guy). The peeing everywhere. The phone calls. Ice pick. Closets. I mean, wow. BANG, are there injuries int hat car wreck, because there were in this book and real life because of Laura Dann.
Her plan, while completely unattainable to her malfunctioning brain and behavior, was pretty impressive/diabolical. She could have injured and killed hundreds had her bombs succeeded or had her guns not malfunctioned/dumped them. We all know no one was going to eat those Rice Krispies or drink the juice boxes. Poor dog. :(
I truly feel for the people, children, and families that were affected by her mental health issues as there was no need for it to EVER get that far. Hopefully all officers, detectives, and therapists involved learned from Laura and used it to impact their careers and help people in the future.
ltsakmann's review
This was an interesting but hard book to read. It was hard because there was every opportunity to stop this killer before she committed her crimes. Her parents were worthless and continually made excuses for her.
leonore_book's review
3.0
Wow! So shocking how someone so mentally ill got away with so much. It's absolutely scary. So sad that something so horrible happened to the innocent.
brooksbooksllc's review
5.0
This story, wow. Fascinating, harrowing, bizarre, terrible…really well documented.
“all that is the right of every child - life, peace, security, spontaneity, innocence - was taken away that day by firearms”
“all that is the right of every child - life, peace, security, spontaneity, innocence - was taken away that day by firearms”
aamcint's review
3.0
Three authors and none of them knew to not put an apostrophe + S when pluralizing someone’s last name. This is a crazy story, though.
jstuartmill's review against another edition
4.0
What a sad and chilling tale. I'm not sure how else to describe what I read.
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