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Bezig met laden... Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killerdoor Harold Schechter
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I rated this 3 stars, not because it wasn't a well-written and fascinating, if disturbing, book; but because it was written too much like a novel. At several points I found myself wondering how Mr. Schechter could have possibly known certain things. I don't doubt that perhaps these things are written down somewhere, but I would like to know where the information came from. That being said, I found this book to be well-written and extremely disturbing. Do not read this anywhere near mealtime unless you have a strong stomach. It is written pretty well, but it is written rather like fiction and I can't overlook that. I find it hard to believe that the author could have known some of the (meaningless) details in this book. On top of that, there are no sources. For all I know this could be entirely made up. It focuses solely on the crimes, and hardly mentions Mr. Fish's past at all. That is not why I read true crime. I want to know everything about the person, which means a complete biography, not just the bits and pieces that pertain to their crimes. I was hooked on Harold Schechter after reading "Deviant," which is an account of the crimes of Ed Gein. I followed that up with "Bestial," which was also well-written. But, for some reason, "Deranged" just doesn't have the same quality as "Deviant" and "Bestial." For one thing, Schechter bounces around a little too much, making it difficult for me to keep track of the victims and their families. He seesaws back and forth from Fish's first crime to Fish's most notorious crime (and the one that, ultimately, got him caught). I got the names confused a few times. Schechter has also seemingly run out of adjectives, because he certainly describes Fish as a harmless old man more than enough times. I think another thing that threw me off is Schechter's attempts to portray Fish's thoughts. There are a few chapters written in Fish's point of view, which gives the book the feel of a novel rather than non-fiction. I didn't like it, and I wish that he hadn't deviated into that territory. And although Fish's crimes are certainly horrific, I must be becoming jaded or something. I just didn't get sucked into this book like I did the first two Schechter books I read. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In his bestselling book DERANGED, Harold Schechter shatters the myth that violent crime is a modern phenomenon, with this seamless true account of unvarnished horror from the early twentieth century. Journey inside the demented mind of Albert Fish - paedophile, sadist and cannibal killer - and discover that bloodlust knows no time or place...On a warm spring day in 1928, a kindly, white-haired man appeared at the Budd family home in New York City, and soon persuaded Mr and Mrs Budd to let him take their adorable little girst, Grace, on an outing. The Budds never guessed that they had entrusted their child to a monster. After a relentless six year serach and nationwide press coverage, the mystery of Grace Budd's disappearance was solved - and a crime of unparalleled gore and revulsion was revealed to a stunned public. What Albert Fish did to Grace Budd, and perhaps fifteen other children, caused experts to pronounce him the most deranged human being they had ever seen. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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That being said, I found this book to be well-written and extremely disturbing. Do not read this anywhere near mealtime unless you have a strong stomach. ( )