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Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories
by Christopher Berry-Dee
from John Blake

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Not what I expected
  I read the reviews before I bought this book. The reviews were rather mixed, so I decided I would read it and decide for myself. Well... the author IS full of himself. He is also from England, and he uses different British words for the "American" words we are used to, which isn't bad, just very annoying. He takes a lot of poetic license in this book, writing a lot of times of the events the way he thought they would have happened. One reviewer was correct, you could get the information found in this book... more info

• Okay - but not great
  Author does not get as much information from the subjects as the title suggests. It talks more about the generalities of the crimes which is easily obtained from internet research. Also, the author give himself a lot of credit for his unsuprising findings - however, I find that most authors of true-crime non-fiction are that way. Gives information on little-known killers - ie: Carol Bundy.

• mediocre
  This author is so full of himself! He talks about himself nearly as much as the killers. If anyone says they are an author, and writes a codenmed killer enough, they would probably be granted an interview too. I was disappointed in this book!

• Misleading Title
  When a book is subtitled The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories you would expect large portion to be interviews with them and their own words. This was my belief when I bought the book and I was surprised not to find that.
  There are good backgrounds on each offender and their laundry list of crimes without too much detail. There are also times that they are quoted directly but for the most part the story is relayed by the author and the end of each chapter is stamped "from an... more info

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