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Everything She Ever Wanted
by
Ann Rule
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Rule, a true story of obsessive love, murder, and betrayal. A series of brilliantly manipulated crimes brings two families to ruin, and at the center of it all is a sociopath whose evil hides behind her soft words and gentle manners. To be the subject of a two-hour ABC-TV miniseries. 32-page insert. HC: Simon & Schuster.
Mass Market Paperback, 560 pages
Published
December 1st 1993
by Pocket
(first published December 1st 1992)
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This, along with Small Sacrifices is one of my favorite Ann Rule books. This "southern Belle" goes to great lengths to get whatever she wants, whenver she wants and from whomever she wants, using her feminine wiles and manipulation and once again this woman seems absolutely larger than life. This and Small Sacrifices are the Ann Rule books that I recommend to anyone and every one who might be interested. You won't believe the shit this lady pulls!! She gets caught at first, while procl...more
"Everything She Ever Wanted" by Ann Rule is the true story of Patricia Vann Radcliffe Taylor Allanson, a Georgia woman who envisioned herself as a modern day Scarlett O'Hara and systematically tore anyone and everyone down who stood in her way of that fantasy.
Ms. Rule does an excellent job of researching Pat's childhood as a spoiled and selfish little girl who was coddled constantly by her family, who aged to become a spoiled and self-centered adult who never really truly grew u...more
Ms. Rule does an excellent job of researching Pat's childhood as a spoiled and selfish little girl who was coddled constantly by her family, who aged to become a spoiled and self-centered adult who never really truly grew u...more
The ugly truth about what motivates some people to kill is always shocking. What's worse is when, knowing this, other family members side with the killer. Spoiled rotten by her family, Patricia Vann Radcliffe Taylor Allinson, a Georgia beauty whose goal in life was to emulate Scarlett O'Hara, led a life of deadly horror. Fed by her family's constant devotion from early childhood through middle age, Pat, who could do nothing wrong by her family's standards. A narcissistic personality, without ...more
Another hit by Ann Rule. It always amazes me how people can be so easily manipulated and taken in. The perpetrator's histrionic behavior should have been a warning sign, but she was adept at making people believe one strand of the web of lies while convincing another set of people of the believability of a different version. What a home wrecker! Multiple families were devastated, lives were lost, people were injured. How many people like this conniving woman are out there right now, manipulating...more
Another of Ann Rule's fantastic renderings of a truly horrific crime, or--in this case--horrific crimes. The depths to which human nature can plunge has ceased to amaze me; however, the ability of people foolishly to ignore warning sign after warning sign is truly appalling. All parents who are guilty of foolishly indulging their children and saving them time and again from the consequences of their own actions should be forced to read this book and witness the possible consequences of such beha...more
on Monday, January 05, 2004 I wrote on Bookcrossing about this book:
Currently Reading. Like it until now
Sunday February 1th 2004
Finished the book.
I think this is one of the better books by Ann Rule. Lots of details as always,but also a lot of questions up till the end.
Who committed the murders?
I felt angry a lot of times, o how much i despise that woman, Pat Taylor.She always wanted to be in the center of attention,so selfish.
Thi...more
Currently Reading. Like it until now
Sunday February 1th 2004
Finished the book.
I think this is one of the better books by Ann Rule. Lots of details as always,but also a lot of questions up till the end.
Who committed the murders?
I felt angry a lot of times, o how much i despise that woman, Pat Taylor.She always wanted to be in the center of attention,so selfish.
Thi...more
This is the story of Patricia Taylor, a sociopathic and histrionic woman with nerves of steel. She has manipulated everyone in her life -- husbands, children, parents, employers, and friends -- and tried to poison more than a few. She is one of the most pathetic and frightening criminals that Ann Rule has chosen to write about; shockingly she supposedly is alive, well, free, and living in Georgia today.
This is a true crime story about a selfish and self centered Georgia woman who committed a number of crimes including murder. Her reign of terror from the late seventies through the eighties was projected on her own family members as well as others. I felt like it was long and drawn out! This was my first time Ann Rule book and will try another, especially, since I picked up several cheap in a yard sale.
Ann Rule always shares very interesting, and disturbing, stories. And this one was no different. It is about a husband who is tried for murdering his parents, and a wife who seems to be the one who did it and who is imprisoned for other crimes and attempted murders. The really sad part is how this woman's parents raised her (as a spoiled brat) and supported her in her lies and selfishness: truly shameful. Too bad they can't be tried for the crimes too.
In any case, I enjoyed the read,...more
In any case, I enjoyed the read,...more
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Ann Rule is an excellent crime writer. This story details what happens when a spoiled girl with emotional issues is raised by parents who insist she's never done anything wrong in her life. The story was as much about family dysfunction as it was about a series of murders and attempted murders.
I've read several of this author's books, although I can't remember the other titles. They are really well-written and gripping, but after a couple of them, you get so tired of reading about sick minds and horrible things that you just have to put them down for a while.
I always read true crime books when I travel and this page turner was perfect for our Thanksgiving weekend trip. Ann Rule is a consistently strong true crime writer because she takes her time to set up the story, introduce you to the characters, and always captures the courtroom drama without drowning the reader in too many details.
I really enjoyed this book. I actually only wanted to read it because I saw the movie some years ago. And I truly do love how Ann Rule writes true crime. I really felt as if I knew these people and where going through their problems along with me. The main character Patricia Taylor wasn't like any other person I had ever heard of. She truly would do anything to get everything she wanted. I am still shocked that this woman got away with so much and how her family basically stood by and watc...more
Pat Taylor Allanson was a women that had many prob;ems that affected her whole family and she was a master con artist and she had her husband Tom convinced for years and her mother all the way to her death. It was a great great book.
As always, Ann Rule has shared a true story and left me wanting more. Did Pat really plan the murders of her in-laws, or did she actually do the shooting? Why on earth would a family continue to cover for someone like her for so many years?
And who will die next?
And who will die next?
I usually like true crime books. This one was long and mostly about a drug induced, spoiled, selfish, crazy woman who stopped for nothing to get what she thought she deserved. Too much for just one little loser on the earth!
I have yet to finish this book and have had it for years....Again this author has added too much detail to a simple story...so much so that you start to get the character mixed up...
Eh. Interesting story, but a little too straightforward. Maybe I've been desensitized to true crime stories because I watch a lot of "Law and Order" and "Snapped!"
Interesting, as all books of this kind. As far as the writing goes, she could have been a little less repetitive.
Reading Ann can be tedious; but with this book, I couldn't wait to turn pages. Sick, fascinating story.
Ann Rule writes true crime, which makes her books all the more interesting. Truely twisted people!!
Good Book! I know it exists, but hard to believe that families can have so much drama.
I am in love with Ann Rule. The depth she goes into to tell these stories is amazing. There is nothing more to say other than you feel like you are part of Pat Allanson's Family. She described Pa with so much detail, at times I felt like I was her, like I could relate to her character. So freaky. You cannot put this book down. One of my favorite Ann Rule Books.
incredible. i have to google this woman to make sure she does not live anywhere NEAR me.
Miriam
added it
I know two people mentioned in this book: a policeman and a lawyer.
True crime short stories. Most set in the Pacific Northwest.
Pat is a self-centered psychopathic personality for sure!!
Elia
marked it as to-read
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Ann Rule is a popular American true crime writer. She came to prominence with her first book, The Stranger Beside Me, about the Ted Bundy murders.
At the time she started researching the book, the murders were still unsolved. In the course of time, it became clear that the killer was Bundy, her friend and her colleague as a trained volunteer on the suicide hotline at the Seattle, Washington ...more
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At the time she started researching the book, the murders were still unsolved. In the course of time, it became clear that the killer was Bundy, her friend and her colleague as a trained volunteer on the suicide hotline at the Seattle, Washington ...more
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