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Alligator Candy by David Kushner

3.0

A cross between a memoir and a true crime story, David relates the story of his brother, Jonathan Kushner, who was a murder victim at the age of 11. Interestingly, he shows the murder through his own eyes at various ages . . .he was only four when his brother died. As an adult, he fully investigated the story, and the end of the book fills in all the specifics. The book is well written, and David tries to build suspense by only delving out the crime details in small amounts throughout the book, but somehow it lacked emotion for me. The author tells how he feels, but somehow the emotional depth isn't conveyed to the reader. At least it wasn't for me.