Reviews tagging 'Racism'

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

1 review

erikawynn's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

1.0

This is alllllllll about the cops on the case and not at all about the victims and it’s entirely uncritical about the policing involved, even when describing some disturbing victim-blaming. In the afterword, Patton Oswald even writes that Michelle McNamara had “a true cop’s heart and mind.” I’m not a big true crime fan but have been impressed by some victim-centered takes on the genre (like the podcast Truer Crime) and this book was everything I dislike about the genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death, Blood, Violence, Rape, Murder, Torture, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Stalking

Moderate: Racism