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An old friend

Revisado: 01-07-24

Stoner's life and reaction there to echoes my own. It truly is one of the most beautiful existential novels written during the last mid century.

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6 year wait, well worth it

Revisado: 08-29-23

From the first chapter to the last, McKinty's prose rolls off the page, in a eclectic, elegant, versatile, and intelligent manner. He takes the wall down and speaks directly to the reader, Sean Duffy is that guy who knows everything about music, literature, and history, without becoming pedantic and staying cool, gritty, and frankly, personable (albeit in a sweary manner) I hope that this is not the last installment in the Sean Duffy saga, but if it is, it was worth the wait.

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The Essence of Truman

Revisado: 05-16-23

This book captured the essence of Capote. Truman was a lost soul whose talent both set him free and imprisoned him. Certainly one could deem Capote as a cruel narcissist; yet, in truth, he was denied adult coping skills by his shameful childhood. It is difficult to feel sorry for him, given some of his cruel actions. Ultimately he began alone and died alone. The beginning designed by wretched parents. The end, designed by alcoholic irrational choices.

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Nonsense

Revisado: 09-21-21

The author was to quick to be tongue in cheek rather than elucidate why a “witch” was thought to consort with the devil, or kill live stock, etc. Those who practiced herbalism, midwifery, and were outcasts were thought to be witches, but were not. People who do practice witchcraft or are neopagans, don’t believe in a devil.

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Faux academics

Revisado: 09-19-21

Well rounded, balanced research is lacking in this book. He makes gross generalizations and doesn’t provide evidence other than the most inductive leaps.

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The horror (of bad narration)

Revisado: 08-25-21

I fail to understand why any publisher would permit such a horrendous narrator to butcher a true story of cruelty. The tale needed an apt, melodic voice to render justice to this macabre account of murder. Instead of an woman who could pronounce any aspect of spoken language or the beauty of a Scottish dialect, the reader tripped over the most basic vocabulary, whilst simultaneously destroying place names. Worst narration ever.

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In the Name of the Killer

Revisado: 07-24-21

Serial killers may come in an array of personalities, but to cast any one of them in a redemptive light detracts from the vociferous evil that they each cast upon the earth. Confession isn’t contrition.

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Okay, but...

Revisado: 09-22-19

The idea for the novel is wonderful. The execution lacked finesse. One glaring issue, for me, was the complete lack of mathematical reasoning for a woman who majored in math. Another aspect that I found troubling was that the main character was a simpering whiner rather than a strong woman defying her parents.

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Angry

Revisado: 08-26-19

While the author has every right to be angry with her parents, she conflates their aberrant lifestyle to being gay and lesbian. Here parents were pedophiles and cruel, not gay.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 08-22-19

This book was not about the Manson women, it was a memoir about the author. The author used first person narrative to relate every aspect of the women’s story, at the expense of enlightening readers on the lives of the women, post cult and in prison. I learned much about the author’s youth, but little else.

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