Jessica Knoll

A really well-done book that deserves its Edgar nomination.
The brilliant serial-killer is bad enough in genre fiction, but when it seeps into media coverage of actual real life crimes. It is appalling.
The author alternates between the narrative of a victim and that of a survivor, giving some flesh and blood to the victims, the ones whose names no one remembers, while everyone knows “the defendant.”
There is a sub-plot regarding family treatment of a lesbian character that is also moving.
The author is trying to right many wrongs at once, and doing a pretty remarkable job at it… (altro)

I listened to this book and really enjoyed it. I think I enjoyed it more when I realized it was based on Ted Bundy. I just ordered a physical copy of this book because I want to reread it. But I just love how this book was done and how it was all about the survivors and they never one mention his name, but rather call him "The Defendant" It bounces back and forth between two POVs and a few times I got a little confused and had to check to see if it was from Ruth's perspective or Pamela. The fact that this takes place in the 70s is also interesting and how the times have changed - hopefully. How Ruth's mom acted was just terrible. This would be a great book to annotate and actually research to see what is true and what is fiction. It's one of those books I enjoyed while I was listening to it, but I did think about it afterwards and looked it up and almost made me like it more after. I'm sure I'll have a second review once I read the physical book and deep dive into this a bit. I may wait till next year when the audiobook isn't so fresh.… (altro)