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Summary: Ann RULES
Review: A long time reader of Ms. Rule's books, I found this to be her best. It's the fastest I've ever read a 680 page paperback before - it is such a page turner. You feel you know the victim, which the author portrays with heartfelt sympathy. It's a victory for women everywhere who have been stalked by men they want to break up with. I find in many of Ms. Rule's books she gives a little too much detail on the lives of the good guys - cops & detectives. But here she gives bare bones on them and concentrates on the main characters. A great book.
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Summary: The deadly seducer.
Review: What an excellent account of a sick and controlling mind. I was
flabbergasted at some of the similarities of what is going on
with the Gary Condit case. You never know about anyone. Only Ann Rule can dissect family history and the culprit in such a spellbinding way. Fact is better than fiction in this story.
One scenario is more unbelievable than the next and the perpertrator really believe they are above getting caught!
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Summary: I highly recommend this book
Review: If you are interested in learning about Tom Capano's and Anne Marie Fahey's background in full detail, this is the book for you. Ann Rule really puts everything into perspective and makes you feel as if you know them on a personal level.
This story is very well written and it captured my attention from the beginning to the end.
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Summary: Spellbinding Story, but Ms Rule tends to be too wordy
Review: I had seen the movie, and was so fascinated by the story that I wanted to know more. I could not imagine how a man like Tom Capano could have "fooled" so many people. I decided to purchase 3 books on the subject since I read the reviews and started with Ann Rule's book first.
I was glad that a lot of background information was given, but at times it seemed to be almost too much. There was a great deal of information included that really was not necessary and made the book drag in places.However, my major complaint with the book is Ms.Rule's choices of words. She "overdoes it" on the vocabulary. For example, in one paragraph she is talking about Ann Marie's brother on a trip to Ireland, stating that he tended to be a bit "parsimonious".
A bit parsimonious? What does that mean? I went to the dictionary and found out it meant cheap,or frugal. Well why didn't she just say that? I consider myself an intelligent, well-read person, but all through this book I found that Ms. Rule seemed more inclined to impress us with her vocabulary by using words to describe things that are pretty unfamiliar to most people, instead of just saying it simply. I found myself in the beginning constantly having to look words up, until I just got so frustrated with it, I stopped. Her terminolgy for some descriptions were almost laughable. I remember in one part of the story, she was describing something involving the judge - I forget the word she used, but I had never heard of it before... When I looked it up, the meaning was "conversation." Why didn't she just say that?
I also think she was very bias about her feelings. She did not report the story without letting her feelings come through and she seemed to "explain away" Debbie McIntyre's part in all this. True, she was a victim of sorts, but I cannot justify some of the things she did for the sake of love- aside from her sexual actions, more important, the fact that she lied about things that interferred in the search for Ann Marie. However, Ann Rule seems to find a good reason for every bad thing Debbie M did.
Overall, the book was OK. Just set a lot of time aside to read it, with your Webster's Dictionary by your side, of course!
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Summary: Great story. Tell us it's not being repeated today
Review: This is truly well-written story about the tragic story of Anne Marie, a young woman done in by a powerful political figure. Hopefully, this book did not serve as a guideline on how to get away with murder for someone in the headlines today. Anne Rule does her usual bang-up job giving us all the motivations of the characters involved in this tragedy. You really understand how they think and feel and how they were all on a treadmill to disaster.
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Summary: "Must See" READING!
Review: I first learned about the tragic events of Anne Marie Fahey's life on an "MSNBC Investigates" story. Later, I watched the miniseries on television. I was so fascinated by this story, that I decided I must read the book! I have never been an avid reader. As a matter of fact, my family thought I was joking when I told them I was reading a nearly 700 page book. Of course, when I showed them the book, they knew I was not joking. To my surprise, I finished reading the book in 6 weeks. I have since loaned it to my niece who is now reading it. "And Never Let Her Go" is absolutely riveting. I cannot think of anything more that could've been added to improve it. Initially, I thought Part I was a little boring, but later appreciated this section which covers the family background of all the subjects involved. Ann Rule did a marveous job writing this book. What a tribute to Anne Marie Fahey's memory and how tragic that this beautiful woman's life was cut short by such a manipulative bastard.
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Summary: Delaware's Still Talking...
Review: I was born, raised, and still live in Delaware and let me tell you...this was the talk of the town for almost 2 years. In fact, it's still talked about alot. I looked forward to reading this book because of that and because I'd read all of Ann Rule's books. But Ann's researchers steered her wrong on a couple of the facts and she's way too sympathetic to the mistress Tom tried to accuse (no luck, long before he was arrested we all knew he did it. He's a jerk and he always was but Delaware is small and money usually talks.) Because of a couple of loose "facts" I have a little less respect for Ann and now wonder if all of her books are inaccurate. If you want to read the best of the four books written, read "The Summer Wind".
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Summary: A Possessive Man
Review: I thought this book was outstanding for the kind or reporting and research. Ann Rule is the master, since she has had a lot of practice and personal experience. I have met a couple of the Capano brothers, so had a personal interest in this book. It is amazing to me how a man can feel like he "owns" a woman forever after he has had an affair with her. I think Thomas Capano was obsessed with Ann Marie Fahey, and when she rejected him, he was enraged. If anyone left anyone, he wanted to be the one doing the leaving. This murder was planned and calculated by him, and he made the mistake of thinking he could outsmart everyone because he was a lawyer. It is a shame because the world lost an apparently a really nice lady who never harmed anyone except to break up with Thomas Capano.
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Summary: An Excellent Account
Review: If the disappearance of Chandra Levy haunts you, please read this book because the parallels between the two cases are startling. In this book there is closure after a long period of time, but no body. Ann Rule reports on murder better than almost anyone else, and in this book she writes sympathetically and with obvious care about the life of a young woman who was turning things around for herself when she was cruelly taken by a narcisstic man in a position of power.
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Summary: The best account....
Review: I have read three books now including this one, on the Anne Marie Fahey and Thomas Capano case. This is by far the best, in my opinion. The reason is that Ann Rule gives so much background information about the people that you don't get from the other accounts. By the time you have finished this book, you really feel that you know them. I highly recommend this book. Ann Rule is the best!!
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