I’m going to be honest, this book was really hard to get through. Not because of the content, but because of how disconnected the book felt.
The book is split into two parts; one where Stephen interview Bundy, the other where Hugh interviews him. It isn’t explained why this switch was made, which I would actually be really curious about.

I find that is one of the main problems of this book. They leave out crucial context. If I were to restructure it, I’d have part one be about Ted Bundy’s crimes. Not exactly a overview, but not in depth. Unless you know the case super well you will get lost. Sure, they bring up the cases and what happened here and there, but they don’t actually go into what happened, and then what Bundy admits (or lacks to admit) about the case.

I first read this book after I watched the Netflix series. The Netflix series does a much better job at balancing the context and the interviews. The interviews are also an interesting point to bring up. See, there is claimed to be over 150 hours of interviews, and yet they are cherry picked. I understand because the book would otherwise be 1000+ pages, but I would love to know which ones they left out. I wonder if that would’ve brought more context is more interviews were added.

Another important detail to note is the timeline. The interviews ranged from about 1980 (maybe 1979) to 1981. This differs from what the Netflix series implies (that they interviewd him pretty much until 1989), which is more of a critic of the show, but thought I should mention it for those of you who haven’t seen it yet.

Unless you are really familiar with the case, I wouldn’t recommend reading this. Just watch the Netflix series instead. Or, pick up a book that details the cases, and have this as a companion piece.