bolte_books's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

4.5

Very well written and informative. I appreciated the story type telling mixed with the analytical aspect. The narrator was great though being from Kansas a few mispronunciation of local news stations and places did bother me. 

katiescho741's review against another edition

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3.0

This book starts off really well, but I started struggling with it after about 50/60%. I liked the way the first several chapters are written, and that they are short. I found it interesting that there wasn't the usual section about the killer's childhood, family, and upbringing, but I liked the way the book was written in a simple and linear way, with the details of BTK's crimes and the events of the day combined with the police investigation.
To be honest, I think the book starts to falter a bit after BTK stopped being active. I felt the authors didn't know what to put in those many years from around 1980 to around 2004 and I found myself skimming the sections a bit while there was some discussion about writing articles and starting and ending task forces etc.
I found his capture to be very interesting too- the way he was caught, his reaction etc. Overall this is a pretty readable account of BTK and his crimes.

midnightstory's review against another edition

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informative fast-paced

5.0

an incredibly well written account of the manhunt for serial killer dennis rader.

neylane's review against another edition

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5.0

"Como entender um homem que fez muitos amigos, mas estrangulou pessoas, que criou dois filhos com muito amor, mas que matou crianças?"

BTK, assim se autodenominou o serial killer Dennis L. Raider, sigla para Bind, Torture and Kill. O livro traz detalhes sobre os casos, as investigações e como a mídia e a população de Wichita, no Kansas (EUA), lidaram com a situação aterrorizante. A grande questão que tende a surgir nas mentes das pessoas quando o assunto é um assassinato brutal é "por que?", principalmente no caso de um assassino serial, já que normalmente ele não possui qualquer ligação com as vítimas. No caso do BTK não foi diferente, e suas próprias explicações soam piegas e ensaiadas e no fim nós deduzimos que ele fez porque quis fazer. Acompanhar todo o processo de investigação foi uma das melhores partes do livro, principalmente quando o BTK finalmente é preso e o acontecimento que levou a isso. Dennis era um homem padrão, líder religioso, pai de família, funcionário exemplar e um serial killer.

Foi minha primeira experiência com true crime e eu achei uma leitura muito interessante mesmo. Indico para maiores de 18 anos e que não tenham problemas com descrições gráficas de crimes brutais.

caiocesar's review against another edition

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1.0

Achei mal escrito. Arrastado.

literary_laurajane's review against another edition

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5.0

Written by the people who covered the crimes with input from the police. So interesting!

taciane's review against another edition

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dark

4.5

jadeofasgard's review against another edition

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3.0

Did not finish this one. Got halfway through before I gave up.

cberbette's review against another edition

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dark informative slow-paced

2.75

kylemurphy's review against another edition

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dark informative medium-paced

3.0