not the best book by ann rule

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	• Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer Ann Rule Thorndike Press, 2005 - 888 pages average customer review:based on 111 reviews view larger image
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unputdownable

ann does it again.for me she is the most consistant true crime writer of her time.the balance between the victims,their loved ones,and the detectives lives is has been struck well.although the subject matter is usually grim it has a certain facination about it.it ranks up there with ann,s the end of the dream. well done ann,it,s another unputdownable book. J D BRIDGEWOOD

Worthwhile Reading

This is an excellent book, very thorough and well done, as Ann Rule's books always are. She goes into GRKs past and present life, which is what I am most interested in. I just read a book about BTK, by Carlton Somebody, which wasn't worth picking up. I recommend any Ann Rule book to anyone who reads true crime stories.

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not the best book by ann rule

Don't make this the first book you read by Ann Rule. This book lacks everything that makes her such a great writer. The Green River Killer case went unsolved for many years, and there was a huge amount of speculation about who had done it. When it was finally solved, I hoped Ann Rule would write a book about it. I thought it would be as great as "The Stranger Beside Me". The day I received the book (I managed to get an advance copy) I ripped the wrapping off with great excitement. I can't tell you how disappointed I was with the reading experience. It was like getting a big box of your favorite kind of chocolates, only to discover this particular box doesn't taste too great. I had a very hard time keeping track of the victims. It's not just that there were so many of them, but they also lived very similar disfunctional lives, which really made them blend together. Rule made it worse by putting so much effort and verbage into trying to humanize the victims and their families, because the reader was forced to put a corresponding amount of effort into matching up the photos with the names, or any other tool to try to keep the victims straight. I know that compassion for the victim is a hallmark of Rule's writing. Sometimes from a literary perspective her portrayal of the victims as saints weakens her books and strains the reader's belief, but I have always thought it showed Rule had a good heart. In this case, it seriously detracted from the book. Her characterization of Gary Ridgeway also seems strangely flat. Sometimes lack of affect is a major part of a killer's personality, and this may explain the emptiness and lack of humanity the reader feels in the characterization.

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