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I love this kind of book. I love the mix of story and fact. Charlotte Gray brought so much to this simple tale of a murder trial and it was, as she predicted it would be, a fantastic spin on the true crime that people love to read. I couldn't stop reading it and had so much fun sharing little tidbits about the book with people at the library or at home.
The appeal of this book is very broad because it straddles the line between textbook and tabloid murder. I can see it being an easy sell to most ...more
The appeal of this book is very broad because it straddles the line between textbook and tabloid murder. I can see it being an easy sell to most ...more
This book really is much more than just the story of a murder and trial. It's a snapshot of Toronto, and Canada, at a period of change, when some might say we were becoming our own nation. Charlotte Gray weaves in histories of the Great War, the women's movement, the legal system as well as the politics in which this event took place. I've heard some complain that it's too textbook-like, but I found it managed to maintain its narrative without bee too text like, though it certainly was sense rea
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There was enough material on the crime itself to fill a 150 page book, yet Gray has chosen to supplement it with accounts of Canada's involvement in WWI and unfortunately the juxtaposition of the two events doesn't work.
The Massey Murder is a nonfiction account of the murder of a member of one of Toronto's elite families and to her credit, Gray has stuck to the known events, but sadly her account of the murder and subsequent trial makes dull reading. ...more
The Massey Murder is a nonfiction account of the murder of a member of one of Toronto's elite families and to her credit, Gray has stuck to the known events, but sadly her account of the murder and subsequent trial makes dull reading. ...more
