It was very eerie (testament to writing power). I wasn’t like 100% persuaded by the thesis but I wasn’t not persuaded either. (Every once in a while the dead girls were too much, but that’s the story)
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Totally agree. It took me a while to get into it because of the staccato-like prose, but I’m a fan now. I don’t really buy the thesis, though!
aug 24, 2025, 10:20 pm • 2 0 • view
It’s engrossing enough I decided I didn’t care lol. I was impressed by the pollution.
aug 24, 2025, 10:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Exactly. She’s definitely inspiring me as I’m writing about the Atlanta youth murders.
aug 24, 2025, 10:26 pm • 1 0 • view
Oooo. That’s gonna be a good book. It deserves better attention. She gives the victims very fair attention. As a failure of police book, you see it clearly through their stories
aug 24, 2025, 11:04 pm • 1 0 • view
Corporations poisoned us, massively...with lead, among other things. That poisoning created the ground out of which a few monsters emerged. I agree with the thesis. I like the writing, and the larger analysis of corporations as serial killers too, directly and indirectly. I understand the choice of
aug 24, 2025, 10:34 pm • 2 0 • view
narrating every gruesome atrocity of Bundy and some of the others, but I've stayed away from "true crime" for a reason, before this. I found the memoir part compelling as well.
aug 24, 2025, 10:34 pm • 1 0 • view
I totally agree that the pollution happened, but I’m wary of monocausal explanations. The memoir component felt somewhat tacked on to me. But as I said, I’m way into the book nevertheless.
aug 24, 2025, 10:37 pm • 3 0 • view
Yes, agree!
aug 24, 2025, 11:02 pm • 1 0 • view