Hollee Olson

Very little Serial Killer; Child Sexual Situations

Revisado: 05-13-21

I am returning this book.

I got about a third of the way through when suddenly we're hearing how the author convinced a young child to engage in sexual activity. Not only does the scene add ZERO to the subject matter, it is explicit and nearly made me throw up. The way it is described is an attempt to titilate the reader/listener when the subjects of the scene are children under 12. As a survivor myself, I am not going to subject myself to that kind of thing nor am I going to pay the author for the sickening experience.


That aside, anyone who is interested in a new perspective on the serial killer and his interactions with the author should look elsewhere. This book is far more 'personal memoir' (child sexual encounters and all) and very little insight on the killer. I knew when buying this to start with that there would be some stuff that was off topic. But when 95% of what I read had nothing to do with the killer? No.


Even the introduction to the story felt forced. The author wants us to believe that she made it into her 20s/30s without realizing that her babysitter was an active serial killer. Despite her mother telling her that that just wasn't true, claiming the killer was not her babysitter, and the author's claim that she did not remember much about him or that time period, she then goes on to offer some extremely explicit and vivid imagery of just those things... And more.


TL;DR: Explicit child sexual encounters, very little about the killer, a forced feeling throughout, an unreliable source (herself). Not worth the credit.


It really does feel like the author wanted to write 'her story' but thought there was nothing special about herself and so used her tenuous connection to this killer as a way to trick people (like me) into buying the book. Which is one of the things I love about Audible. I can return absolute trash like this book.

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Don't Bother

Revisado: 03-21-21

This author makes clear within the first few chapters that she is the absolute WRONG person to be doing this interview. I would say this is like Clarice Starling going in to speak with Lecter for the first time, completely unprepared, but at least Clarice had /some/ training and poise. This woman is paranoid, obsessed, and has no idea how to interact with others, let alone how to interview a man accused of war crimes. She is intimidated by the accusations against this man to the point that she's easily manipulated by him. She might claim to have been trained as a psychologist or whatever, but the way she writes about this, she had to have nearly failed to obtain that degree....

All that AND she's constantly alluding to Trump and comparing him to the 'charismatic' leaders of the socialist revolutions throughout history. You learn so much more about her weak mentality than you ever do about the man the book is purportedly about. She might think she has the big brain to analyze his every breath, but she most certainly does NOT.

Narrator is good though...

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Average

Revisado: 03-16-21

It's an average book with average writing and average performance. The author is, unfortunately, biased, applying her current politics and beliefs to those in the early 1900s. She is also rather misinformed about several things. To be entirely fair, she seems to be the kind of person who lives in a bubble and doesn't know how the rest of the world works. This would be a fine thesis for an undergrad but it is not fact-checked enough to qualify as a well put together book.

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Good introduction

Revisado: 12-13-19

This book is a great way for a person to get an introduction to the Spanish Inquisition. It does get clinically descriptive of the interrogation techniques used, but does not dwell on them. Still, if you are faint of heart the Inquisition is not the best subject for you anyway.

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Author is slightly delusional...

Revisado: 07-28-19

He likes to make this encounter into a love affair with a serial killer when the only thing that kept him from becoming a victim was that he walked away. In an effort to work through the confusing feelings he's had as a result of the encounter, it makes sense that he does this, but it doesn't make it any less annoying.

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Informative

Revisado: 01-13-19

I want to be able to suggest this book, but I can't give it any higher than 4 stars. I chose 4 instead of 3 because I might be nitpicking a bit. *NO/minimal spoilers 1. The narrator has a nice voice though a bit hesitant in tenor. But he kind of sounds like he's reading out of a phone book. Bored to tears. A few voice lessons in assertive control would fix this in the future. However, he is not a chore to listen to. --If you require the author to be bright and upbeat or energetic to keep your attention then this is not the narrator for you. 2. The author of the book itself made a few 'interesting' choices in narrative. --First, the majority of the book is background on the killer. If you're looking for a book that teases you through 2/3 of the book with stories about the cops finding clues and eliminating suspects you will be sorely disappointed. The first 2 hours (app) is the story of 3 girls and the killer's uneventful capture. The rest..... is background on the killer and, oddly, his father. --The killer and his father have very very similar names. You have to keep their first names straight to follow the story and even then, with some prior knowledge of the case, I got so confused. The author constantly refers to both the father and the kill by their last names which, of course, are the same. It's rather annoying actually.

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A very British Horror Story......

Revisado: 09-23-18

A very British Horror Story. Minus a lot of details from the movie. Still, Worth a listen.

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Beautiful Asian Fantasy

Revisado: 07-30-18

This is one of my favorite books. The characters are great, the setting is creative yet historical, and the narrators are wonderful.

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Not for the faint of heart

Revisado: 07-14-18

This book is a great peek into the world of 'profiling'. The book was originally written and published in 1992 so you will not find any reference to 'newer' killers beyond Jeffrey Dahmer from Milwaukee, WI. However, it still gives great insight into how the FBI and its affiliates formed the BAU (then called the BSU) as well as how the brand of serial murderer from the 70's and 80's thought. However, if you are made uncomfortable by descriptions of murders, torture, dismemberment, and/or child abuse, this book is best left on the shelf. At times (as with John Douglas' books) Ressler gets quite graphic. This is certainly not a book for children or early teens. If, however, you are a law enforcement professional, interested in true crime and/or abnormal psychology, (and the last paragraph did not sufficiently frighten you) this is a great book. I enjoyed it quite thoroughly. Not that Ressler would ever read this review XD but I would love to thank him and Douglas for their works, offering laymen (and women) a better understanding of these subjects from the lips of the men that molded modern profiling. Honestly I think the only real con was the narrator has a voice that is perfectly suited for noir crime stories and perhaps he found the material a bit dry? I had to rewind a few chapters because I started tuning him out. Still, definitely a book I will revisit and listen to again. <3

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A good course.....

Revisado: 07-09-18

Narrator does a good job of getting facts across. His cadence can be odd at times but he offers a ton of valuable and detailed information. I would suggest this for anyone who knows nothing of the Tudors and Stuarts or those looking to put them under a microscope. There are, perhaps, 2 cons to this course. 1. It can be a bit dry. Granted this is a medieval history course, but the narrator could have kept it a little more interesting. Those not heavily into History might find it hard to get through at times. 2. There are a few places in the last few lectures where the narrator digresses into American history and expresses some views on America's sins of slavery and so forth. I only mention this as a con because it feels very forced when it comes up. We're talking about the Stuarts, he mentions how England exported 5,000 slaves a year from the coast of Africa to the East Indies and America... and then goes off about America being built on the backs of slaves. If you can ignore this jump off topic you will have no issue here. Overall not bad. Could have been a touch more lively perhaps but not bad.

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