It really is a terrible crime, and Kevin Pierce is a great narrator, but the book is repetitive and fails to sustain interest. How repetitive? I’m just saying don’t make a drinking game out of every time the author reminds you that these were INNOCENT CHILDREN killed and that’s especially, especially awful. You will need to call an ambulance before chapter 1 is over. Also, the mothers are kind of train wrecks, even making allowances for their grief and desire for justice, and the frustrations of our legal system, all of which would make anyone crazy. EVERYONE: “definitely don’t do X or you could screw up the investigation/trial.” MOTHER 1: [loses temper and does X, thus hampering investigation/trial] MOTHER 2: [calls press conference to blame police and prosecutors for hampered investigation/trial] . Repeat. I don’t need my true crime victims to be flawless paragons (radical idea: even victims who aren’t INNOCENT CHILDREN deserve respect and compassion and justice!), but the author can’t quite make the flawed mothers (and others) sympathetic here.
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