A review by sean_mann
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

3.0

Not the greatest. Many of the revelatory or "thought-provoking" questions throughout the narrative felt as if they were written by the high school version of the author, and not a person who had a long time to reflect on his high school experience. A lot of it felt like a book of "boys will be boys" moments/justifications as the author looked back on his life. The evolution of Dahmer and insight into how he interacted was interesting and saved this from a lower rating for me.