John Dean (2) (1940–)
Auteur van House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying
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True Crime (1)
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- 1
- Leden
- 174
- Populariteit
- #123,126
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 6
- ISBNs
- 96
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- 2
It always makes me shake my head when people find out I read horror, and they shiver and say, "oh, god, no. I can't handle that stuff," and then go on to tell me how much they adore true crime. My wife is one of those people.
And then I read this book, about absolutely soulless monsters, and I don't understand how any fiction can horrify any more than the actions described in this book. Both in the first half, or the second half.
The first half details the events leading up to a household of people, mostly children, as well as a couple of neighbourhood kids torturing and ultimately killing 16-year-old Sylvia Likens. It's almost unreadable, because it's simply too awful to contemplate there are monsters in human skin walking among us capable of doing this.
The second half details the trial, and how—really, beyond a shadow of a doubt—despite knowing everyone had a hand in the death of a teenage girl, all the lawyers' manipulations, both legal and borderline criminal, to get these people off. I have no idea how anyone with a shred of empathy or humanity could ever represent one of these people, let alone put up a vigorous defense for them.
One of the most horrifying books I've ever read, based on terrible, real life events.… (meer)