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My question: did I wait too long to read it? I have heared so many people raving about this book that I really expected an ‘aha- erlebnis’. I never got it.
Granted: it is an excellent book, written in a very distinct style. I see how at the time of its first publishing, it would have been rather Revolutionary.
However, I felt there was an uneveness to the story, it lacked pace. The different character lines were very interesting, but sometimes it got boring. I think if you want to document extensi ...more
Granted: it is an excellent book, written in a very distinct style. I see how at the time of its first publishing, it would have been rather Revolutionary.
However, I felt there was an uneveness to the story, it lacked pace. The different character lines were very interesting, but sometimes it got boring. I think if you want to document extensi ...more
A masterful work of investigative journalism, this story makes the readers feel like they were in town as events unfolded, knew the characters, and experienced the investigation and trial firsthand.
There was an interlude of about 80 pages that discussed the subject of legal capacity vs. psychiatric legal incapacity, as well as the cases of several other possibly insane murderers, the capacity rules in effect at the time, as well as a discussion of the morality and social justification for the de ...more
There was an interlude of about 80 pages that discussed the subject of legal capacity vs. psychiatric legal incapacity, as well as the cases of several other possibly insane murderers, the capacity rules in effect at the time, as well as a discussion of the morality and social justification for the de ...more
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