Practically Perfect: Killers Who Got Away with Murder ... for a While [Brawn, Dale] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Practically Perfect: Killers Who Got Away with Murder ... for a While Review: Interesting - This is in no way my typcial read. I am usually drawn to romance novels, but when I read the synopsis I just had to have it. I thought it would be interesting, and I was right. This is actually a collections of short stories based on famous murders. Each was insightful and even fasinating. I am not sure how I feel about being fasinated by murder, but I think it was more his writing style than the murders their self. This book was a quick read. I found myself flipping the pages, eager to see what was next. It seemed each story was more integuining then the one before. It was not weighted down with fact after fact. He did tell the facts, but it was written in a way that the average reader will not get bored. I am going to rate this 5 stars. Considering the type of book this is, I thought it was written perfectly. Would I recomend it? Yes Especially if you enjoy The History Channel, Discovery, or Biography's crime and punishment shows. Review: It was a slow read for me. - I can not give a reason why I did not enjoy it. I could easily not pick it up for days.
| Best Sellers Rank | #5,626 in Serial Killers True Accounts #11,077 in Murder & Mayhem True Accounts |
| Customer Reviews | 3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars (10) |
| Dimensions | 6 x 1 x 9 inches |
| ISBN-10 | 1459709705 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1459709706 |
| Item Weight | 1 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 280 pages |
| Publication date | July 30, 2013 |
| Publisher | Dundurn Press |
E**H
Interesting
This is in no way my typcial read. I am usually drawn to romance novels, but when I read the synopsis I just had to have it. I thought it would be interesting, and I was right. This is actually a collections of short stories based on famous murders. Each was insightful and even fasinating. I am not sure how I feel about being fasinated by murder, but I think it was more his writing style than the murders their self. This book was a quick read. I found myself flipping the pages, eager to see what was next. It seemed each story was more integuining then the one before. It was not weighted down with fact after fact. He did tell the facts, but it was written in a way that the average reader will not get bored. I am going to rate this 5 stars. Considering the type of book this is, I thought it was written perfectly. Would I recomend it? Yes Especially if you enjoy The History Channel, Discovery, or Biography's crime and punishment shows.
J**O
It was a slow read for me.
I can not give a reason why I did not enjoy it. I could easily not pick it up for days.
K**O
Not what it says
I thought this book would be about people who got away with murder until some tiny mistake or bit of evidence tripped them up. It is not. It is a series of surface-level vignettes of people who not only didn't get away with it, they were often caught quickly and/or confessed. There's no mystery about who-done-it, no dedicated investigators who refuse to give up, just a bunch of everyday brutal murders. Deceptive title.
D**R
Practically Perfect: Killers Who Got Away with Murder...for a While
Very engrossing - kinda scary to think that these people actually did get away with their crimes - some for a long while.
N**R
Disappointing
I couldn't get past the first chapter. Not that the stories were so horrific, but that the writing was. There were gross structure and grammatical errors, that even I, a non-English major, found infuriating. Sentences and timeline details were added that didn't contribute to the story. Overall the text was dry, despite the interesting theme. I also blame the publisher who should have done a thorough edit and polish. The story had potential, just not with this writer and editor.
B**G
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