Parker & Hulme: A Lesbian View

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Summary: Lacking something here...
Review: Okay, this book, as the other reviews have stated, is interesting in it's description of what followed the murder of Honora Parker. Heavenly Creatures left us with so many unanswered questions. Unfortuantely, while intersting in parts, most of the book is pretty superficial, pretending to delve into the history and psyche of Pauline and Juliet when it is actually a rather lazy analysis which only scratches the surface. The chapter which supposedly gives serious, important information from Pauline's diary to prove she's not "mad" or "bad" made me crack up...about 2 pages of continuous 1 or 2 line excerpts describing the housework Pauline helped her mother with. And that was it. That was the whole of the "analysis" of the diary. Washing dishes for her mum. What in the hell is this supposed to prove? All in all, a dissappointment, but interesting for the account of events after the murder and the (few) photographs.

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Summary: this is it, so far.......
Review: So far, this is the only book I have been able to find on the Parker-Hulme matricide case. I normally wouldn't read a book about lesbians, and I thought lesbianism figured very little in the movie, but I didn't find it distracting here in the book, it didn't take away from the facts of the story. There are loads of details here that aren't in the movie, but I agree with others: why hasn't this been written about before, and especially now since Hulme is known to be the mystery writer Anne Perry? All in all, a very good book, and I read a lot of true crime!

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Summary: Lesbian Focus aside
Review: This is to my knowledge the only book out there exclusively about the Parker/Hulme case.Its a little shocking that another book hasn't been written about such a well known murder case, and in light of the fact that Juliet Hulme is now known to be Anne Perry,the famous mystery writer.I do agree that the lesbian angle was focused on a bit too much, even though that is a big part of the book.But it gives a lot of info about the case I hadn't heard before and a pretty clear picture of what happened.If anybody wants to know more about the story behind "Heavenly Creatures", read this book.

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Summary: quiescent
Review: Ugh. Waste of time, waste of money, waste of press. This book was drawn out to three days. I didn't think I was going to get through it. Throughout the whole book the authors are habitually telling you how "inaccurate" 'Heavenly Creatures' was without backing any of that up. This book is poorly written, and I learned miniscule amounts from what I already knew from the film and web sites. I felt like I was dragging a 50 ton anchor with each word, forcing myself on the next page. I was near dead by the end. The one point they managed to get across is that not every lesbian has a psychopathic disorder waiting to be cooped up in a ward. Weird, I always thought myself they were stark-craving mad. Thanks guys. I suggest the true crime (gender-bending) book 'All She Wanted' well over this.

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Summary: quiescent
Review: Ugh. Waste of time, waste of money, waste of press. This book was drawn out to three days. I didn't think I was going to get through it. Throughout the whole book the authors are habitually telling you how "inaccurate" 'Heavenly Creatures' was without backing any of that up. This book is poorly written, and I learned miniscule amounts from what I already knew from the film and web sites. I felt like I was dragging a 50 ton anchor with each word, forcing myself on the next page. I was near dead by the end. The one point they managed to get across is that not every lesbian has a psychopathic disorder waiting to be cooped up in a ward. Weird, I always thought myself they were stark-craving mad. Thanks guys. I suggest the true crime (gender-bending) book 'All She Wanted' well over this.