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A review by nerdyrev
Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial by Rabia Chaudry
3.0
Like many, I got caught up in this story from the Serial podcast. I pick this up knowing the HBO series was also coming. With all this stated, I am going to comment on the book itself. The book is setting out to prove:
1. Adnan was innocent
2. The police handled Adnan’s case incorrectly
3. Adnan’s lawyer didn’t fight hard enough.
As a book it did a fine job of laying that out. The problem was in her desire to see Adnan free, there is no credible alternative really presented.
At one point she says Don wasn’t really looked into, his mother was his manager, and... It just kind of ends there.
The same with Jay. She sets out to prove Jay is unreliable, but doesn’t really give a reason as to why Jay points to Adnan or had the knowledge he had. How did Jay know so many crucial details.
The book lays out the mistakes, but doesn’t strongly give an alternative narrative as to who may have committed the crime, which is typical in a true crime book. It was a good read, but way too much of tossing things against the wall.
1. Adnan was innocent
2. The police handled Adnan’s case incorrectly
3. Adnan’s lawyer didn’t fight hard enough.
As a book it did a fine job of laying that out. The problem was in her desire to see Adnan free, there is no credible alternative really presented.
At one point she says Don wasn’t really looked into, his mother was his manager, and... It just kind of ends there.
The same with Jay. She sets out to prove Jay is unreliable, but doesn’t really give a reason as to why Jay points to Adnan or had the knowledge he had. How did Jay know so many crucial details.
The book lays out the mistakes, but doesn’t strongly give an alternative narrative as to who may have committed the crime, which is typical in a true crime book. It was a good read, but way too much of tossing things against the wall.