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Summary: An unforgettable trip
Review: More than true crime, the story of Ted Bundy is true horror. An unbelievable, yet true yarn that made me re-evaluate human nature.Bundy was the prototype sociopath. Beyond that, he was amazingly intelligent and had a wealth of human talents. This makes the story all the more compelling and freaky. The man personifies true evil, and Rule does a remarkable job telling the story. At the end, the best explanation is that the SOB may have had a head injury that caused the wiring in his head to go bad. By the time I was done reading, I was pleading with Rule and with god for something that would explain the horror. That's as good an explanation as any I guess. Thank fu** he's dead.
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Summary: Totally amazing that he didn't get caught sooner
Review: Hard to believe nobody ever saw him or that he was never caught long before he was. Just goes to show that you should report license plates and unusual things to the police. Just unbelieveable.
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Summary: Encouraged me to want to peal away at the mask of the killer
Review: Ann Rule sat beside Bundy for months before she would even fathom that he might be a killer. I heard her speak of her experiences working beside him on a suicide hotline, riding in his car, dining, etc...she had no clue. Rule is not a fool. She not only provided a book that opened the world to the idea that the serial killer is not the bogeyman, but sometimes, literally, your work partner, or your friend. She made me want to search further. How many others were wearing similar masks? We have all heard of the goriest stories, the most heinous criminals, but it wasn't until I began delving personally into tinier stories across the country that I realized I needed to understand better the pathology of serial crime. As the writer of Serial Killer Letters, I hope I can hold a candle to Rule's gift to a society: a wake-up call that the bogeyman comes dressed in designer clothes and pearly whites. Sadly, he is also mentally diminished, wrongfully convicted, and so forth. So while I was learning about one kind of mask when I took the study upon myself, I realized, this is lurking everywhere, many faces...the end result of my own study? Sadly, it is much more difficult to tidy up a little definition than I thought. And as much as we want to hate the murderer in our society, once we begin to learn, we see that we need to reevaluate our emotions, and wonder, many times, how the heck did all this rage occur in the first place?
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Summary: Both riveting & moving
Review: Well, first of all, I don't really understand how the reader below said this portrayal was "too sympathetic"--why? Because it tried to portray Ted Bundy as a whole, complete individual? That's what makes this book work--showing that a person who can be as genuine and kind as any friend of ours can also secretly be one of the nation's worst serial killers. At any rate, in terms of the actual book, it's an engrossing story of Ted Bundy's life, with the added bonus of it being by someone who actually knew him. The personal touch didn't really contribute to a greater understanding of Ted, however; I don't think Ann Rule understands him any more than the average reader. What's most striking about this story is that both times he was caught (in Colorado and then in Florida), it was because he foolishly ran away whenever a cop happened along his path. It wasn't brilliant detective work that finally stopped him, it was chance. Pretty creepy!
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Summary: One of the best true crime books I've ever read!
Review: Ann Rule sees both sides of the coin--she tells the story about a friend who she worked with and socialized with. She also tells the story about a man who terrorized dozens of women, and received his just punishment. This friend/man was one in the same--Ted Bundy. You can feel Ann's trepidation as she discovers someone she likes and admires, is involved in some of the most heinous crimes in history. I recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: Chilling account of Ted's "secret", hidden life
Review: Ann Rule does an excellent job portraying Ted Bundy as she knew him, then allowing the reader to feel her anger, nausea, and pain along with her as she realizes all that he has done. I do not believe this book is too gentle on the case - it gives plenty of details and eyewitness' (and survivors') accounts of those horrible years. This was a man she trusted - one who we all could have, and probably would have, trusted.
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Summary: A great disappointment
Review: Far too sympathetic a portrayel of Ted Bundy. The book has a wistful what-might-have-been tone to it. Ms. Rule claims that Bundy walked on his own two feet to his execution. A report from the prison, perhaps published after Ms. Rule's book, said that his legs collapsed and he was carried to his death. It would be nice to know he felt even a fraction of the fear he gave his victims.
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Summary: It is very detailed and interesting.
Review: This book gave me the opportunity to understand what exactly ted bunby did.I looved this book.
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Summary: a fantastic true crime story, one of my favourite books.
Review: a great book,i have read two books about ted bundy[this and the only living witness]and although i liked the other one slightly more this is still an excellent book[extra points because it was written by someone who actually knew ted personaly].
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Summary: Competent and readable, but not deep or insightful
Review: Most people seem to speak well of this book. It's not that I didn't like it so much as it didn't satisfy me. There are descriptions of grizzly murders, and Ann Rule has the advantage of personally knowing Ted Bundy, so she's got a better view than most. Nevertheless, I feel like I'm reading a newspaper account. We don't get under the skin of Bundy; we don't know what makes him tick; we know very little of his life. When I finished, I didn't feel I really understood anything.
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