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I listened to this one, this was a well produced audio book. Pulls you in and hooks you, but I’m not sure how I feel about the ending. I believe the purpose is to leave you second guessing what the truth really is. The age gap is gross, even if she was the “pursuer” how any man could be dating the mom to then date the under age daughter is just ick. Lots of unanswered things by the end of this book.
Another great book connecting generations together. It highlights the continuing trauma of the history of indigenous peoples of the United States and how culture, languages and families were erased. But indigenous people live on.
576 federally recognized tribes and 400 unrecognized tribes. 400.
"About having grown up in a place, having called a place my home without knowing anything about its Native people, who'd lived there for thousands of years. How could I have called it home without knowing who'd really lived there, from whom the land had been taken?"
I live on Menominee land in a city that was named after the Chief.
*of course I didn't realize this was a prequel / sequel to the book There, There which I have not read yet.
576 federally recognized tribes and 400 unrecognized tribes. 400.
"About having grown up in a place, having called a place my home without knowing anything about its Native people, who'd lived there for thousands of years. How could I have called it home without knowing who'd really lived there, from whom the land had been taken?"
I live on Menominee land in a city that was named after the Chief.
*of course I didn't realize this was a prequel / sequel to the book There, There which I have not read yet.
3.5 rounded up.
Slow to start and I was put off by the style. I was not happy at first when I realized the entire book was going to go back to the flight leading up to the crash. I thought at first, oh good, we aren’t going to go into detail of the last moments. I was dreading that build up to the inevitable. But I do think it was well done…not over the top. I liked the character Florida.
I finished the second half of the book in 2 days, I could not put it down because I did really want to know, why. What happened? It was not an overly emotional book that makes you cry and I’m ok with that.
Slow to start and I was put off by the style. I was not happy at first when I realized the entire book was going to go back to the flight leading up to the crash. I thought at first, oh good, we aren’t going to go into detail of the last moments. I was dreading that build up to the inevitable. But I do think it was well done…not over the top. I liked the character Florida.
I finished the second half of the book in 2 days, I could not put it down because I did really want to know, why. What happened? It was not an overly emotional book that makes you cry and I’m ok with that.
I keep this on my desk and read one each day. Such a great reminder to slow down, live in the moment, don't react in anger, appreciate who you are and what you already have. Too many favorite quotes to include.
I was unaware of this Nigerian history. Very sad but important. It’s hard not to draw comparisons to current conflicts. Humans do such awful things to each other and we have yet to learn from the past to reduce pain and suffering. But the powerful continue to use the past as a playbook to keep inflicting it.
4.5
I was hesitant to read this because I was pretty uninterested in more Ted Bundy content. But I could not put this down and I really thought it was great the book highlights this “Defendant” wasn’t some handsome genius.
Patton Oswald wrote a review in the NYT and here is an excerpt.
“Knoll only refers to the intruder as “the Defendant,” which is a canny, important choice, because too often serial killers are portrayed as diabolical masterminds instead of the hideous life leeches they are. This one is meticulously based on a certain rapist and murderer who got his start in the Pacific Northwest, who’s been lionized in pop culture and is invariably played by handsome young actors such as Mark Harmon and Zac Efron. While he looms large in the imaginations of crime junkies and the tabloids, his victims are too often reduced to footnotes. Knoll flips that script in Bright Young Women.”
I wish footnotes were utilized in this book because I know that while factionalized, there were things in this book that were real. Like what the judge said during sentencing. So infuriatingly icky that he actually said that shit.
I was hesitant to read this because I was pretty uninterested in more Ted Bundy content. But I could not put this down and I really thought it was great the book highlights this “Defendant” wasn’t some handsome genius.
Patton Oswald wrote a review in the NYT and here is an excerpt.
“Knoll only refers to the intruder as “the Defendant,” which is a canny, important choice, because too often serial killers are portrayed as diabolical masterminds instead of the hideous life leeches they are. This one is meticulously based on a certain rapist and murderer who got his start in the Pacific Northwest, who’s been lionized in pop culture and is invariably played by handsome young actors such as Mark Harmon and Zac Efron. While he looms large in the imaginations of crime junkies and the tabloids, his victims are too often reduced to footnotes. Knoll flips that script in Bright Young Women.”
I wish footnotes were utilized in this book because I know that while factionalized, there were things in this book that were real. Like what the judge said during sentencing. So infuriatingly icky that he actually said that shit.