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A review by alisarae
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
Ate this book up in one day. So interesting! I so wish that author Michelle McNamara had been alive to see the arrest of GSK.
I learned something about myself while reading this book: I like true crime because I like the psychological aspect of it. This book doesn't even remotely touch on psychology—no speculations about "Bonnie" or why he would whimper "Mommy" in some encounters, nothing about the implications of his signature sexual tendencies, and not even a general overview of the psychology of serial killers and rapists. Now that Joseph James DeAngelo has been arrested, I think everyone remotely interested in the dozens (hundreds?) of crimes he committed must be chomping at the bit to learn about his personal life. Well, I am anyways. I care less about the details of the crimes and more about his motivation and the first two decades of his life.
I learned something about myself while reading this book: I like true crime because I like the psychological aspect of it. This book doesn't even remotely touch on psychology—no speculations about "Bonnie" or why he would whimper "Mommy" in some encounters, nothing about the implications of his signature sexual tendencies, and not even a general overview of the psychology of serial killers and rapists. Now that Joseph James DeAngelo has been arrested, I think everyone remotely interested in the dozens (hundreds?) of crimes he committed must be chomping at the bit to learn about his personal life. Well, I am anyways. I care less about the details of the crimes and more about his motivation and the first two decades of his life.