Reviews

Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties by Deborah Herman

big_sev's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

madelinekramer2021's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

nixbix_reads's review against another edition

5.0

This was a fascinating & harrowing read. It tells Dianne's story, not just of how she joined the Manson Family, but of her life leading up to that point, going from what seemed like a stable family to drugs & her parents dropping out of life to be part of the hippie counterculture. Her time as the youngest member of the Manson Family is disturbing & it is easy to see how people fell under his spell.

cheyenneisreading's review against another edition

4.0

a friend gave me this book for my birthday cause they know how much true crime fascinates me. i haven't read much on manson, but after reading this i can't wait to get my hands on helter skelter. a great insight to life with manson and how he knew his power and used it to his own advantage, fooling those around him into thinking his word was godly and he loved them. i would like to read books by the other girls and see how they felt about being part of the murders and Manson after all that happened.

_bee_'s review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

agameofbooks's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

polyhy_14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

damara_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

camilla_hovda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

fictionista3's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.0