William Van Meter

I think the author did a good job with all things considering. The story itself was interesting...however the characters were just ordinary...but seeing that it was based on the events that occurred after a frat part goes badly wrong...i suppose ordinary is the best description for them. I was very impressed with how this author handled the people that made up his account. William Van Meter tells this story without any condescension. Life in semi-rural Kentucky would be filled with cliches in the hands of other writers but not Van Meter.. He shows us the aimless lives of the two boys and the semi-aimless life of the girl, their unimaginatively bad choices and their almost innocent kindnesses. Bottom line...they were children...barely out of their teens. It's not a perfect story with a neatly tied-up ending but the facts are laid out well but still you come away not really knowing what actually happened in that dorm room. A creepy....excellent read.… (altro)