Renegade by Robyn YoungMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: The Stranger Beside Me
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
When you hear the name Ted Bundy, your mind is instantly thrown in to the thoughts of killings and brutal attacks in the 70's, of the man's outlandish behavior in a Florida courtroom and a man who, despite his horrendous crimes, young girls flocked too, expressing their love and affections for the killer.
The Stranger Beside me by Ann Rule gives you a whole new understanding behind Bundy. We see a side of him that the media doesn't portray in movies and TV shows. We see a soft side of him when it comes to the early communication between him and Rule, of the years in between his crimes. It's easy to understand how women would come to fall in love with such a monster in later years. Rule shines a light on the mostly unseen version of Ted, guiding us through the early years where she created a friendship with Bundy through the call center and then later on through letters that they would end up sharing and the phone calls.
A great read for anyone interested in true crime and the man behind the serial killer Ted Bundy.
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Wednesday, 1 January 2020
Review: Starve Acre
Starve Acre by Andrew Michael HurleyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Written in the style of his other books, Andrew Michael Hurley has once again taken the reader back to the hills, woods and farms. To be drenched in the folktales and the legends of these out of bound places where the country side owns the land and the farmers are merely the lodgers of the old.
He helps us to feel the isolation of these far out places, of the way the country folk feel about outsiders and people who don't belong in their community. Along with the legends of the moors, Hurley weaves a Gothic tale of lose and grieve between parents so well, that you can feel their pain, feel the mother's hope of finding her son again despite his death being so fresh still. He can make you feel the passion behind the mother and the reluctance behind the father, the frustration behind the sister and late in the book, the fear of the parent's friends.
We see the two sides as clear as day as they make their own way through the passing of their son and the hope that the mother has in a group from the village but at the same time, you can feel the building terror with each turning of the page, the horror that builds the more you learn about the son's behavior and the things that the parent's do and don't do to try and help him through the events.
A tale woven in grief and horror.
An author who knows how to bring Gothic horror to the pages with ease.
High praise for Andrew Michael Hurley and I can honestly say that I await his next book with great anticipation.
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