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burntotears 's review for:
Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
by Paul Holes
It was nice to get a deeper look into Paul's psyche. Hearing him on the podcast, he sounds really carefree and like he has his personal and professional lives balanced but it sounds like he has had to work really hard to accomplish that. He truly is an inspiration and we're so lucky to have people like him in the world who are willing to dedicate themselves so completely to their work (even to the detriment of their own health and happiness).
Unfortunately, I didn't find the book's writing to be very compelling. I am not sure if it was the way that it was compiled or not, but I found myself more interested in the way Paul wrote about his personal life than he did about his work and his cases. Usually I am all in on the cases and just meh on the personal anecdotes, but I felt sort of the opposite on this and I'm not totally sure why. Something was lacking in how he wrote about his casework and it really came across in the prose.
Unfortunately, I didn't find the book's writing to be very compelling. I am not sure if it was the way that it was compiled or not, but I found myself more interested in the way Paul wrote about his personal life than he did about his work and his cases. Usually I am all in on the cases and just meh on the personal anecdotes, but I felt sort of the opposite on this and I'm not totally sure why. Something was lacking in how he wrote about his casework and it really came across in the prose.