A review by serenabereading
All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row by James Patterson, Mike Harvkey, Alex Abramovich

5.0

I got sucked into the Oxygen Channel's special on Aaron Hernandez a few weeks ago and was excited to see James Patterson had written a book about the case(s). I was able to get this on CD at the library and it kept me intrigued from beginning to end. It definitely goes into a lot more detail than the Oxygen special did. For instance I didn't know Aaron's mother had an affair while married to his dad and that the whole town knew. I also wasn't aware of Aaron trying to dip into the babysitter as I hadn't followed the trial close when it was happening. All I remember while the trial was going on was I thought he was hot and what a waste of talent. This is a really sad story and there is not a doubt in my mind that his head trauma didn't help him make the wises choices and did contribute to him making dumb ass decisions. When the news came out almost a year ago that he committed suicide in prison I was shocked because things were looking up and he had a chance of being free. I'm sad for his daughter. His fiancee was definitely a ride or die woman for her man. I'm still shocked that they had her on camera throwing a big garbage bag out right after Odin Lloyd was murdered and she didn't get into trouble. Also the fact that Odin was her sisters fiancee just complicated and took the story to a whole other level. Shout out to the narrator for his "hood street voice" that made me wince a few times. I didn't like how the narrator did Aaron's voice. Yes he had head injuries but he wasn't flat out remedial. Ok now I need the Aaron Hernandez story to become a Lifetime movie.