Submitted by gamercouplelolz t3_11dyqim in books
I’m on page 50 and so far it’s hardly been about the crimes or criminal, it’s all about her talking about herself! I’m getting so irritated, she sounds so self centered it’s infuriating. How about we talk more about the victims or the crimes or the criminal? Why is she going on and on about her mother and father and family and how she is such a mastermind detective. It seems incredibly self absorbed, and to be completely honest it sounds like she ignored her family and maybe even found them bothersome in the way of her research. She’s doing a ton of humble bragging too, I find it really distasteful. I know she died while writing this book but she also was the one taking a ton of prescriptions without checking if they safe to mix, she is a mother and completely seems to disregard her daughter as a nuisance. I don’t know if I can finish this book. Does it get any better?
SteamboatMcGee t1_jacgf1d wrote
That book isn't a book about the Golden State Killer, it's a book about Michelle McNamara writing about the GSK, who she was fascinated by and through whom she was on track to realize her lifelong dream of becoming a book author.
Ultimately, she did not succeed in either identifying the GSK (apparently his name was not in any of her notes, much less the actual manuscript) or in finishing her book, and the friends and family who pushed for it to be completed after her death succeeded in what amounts to a vanity project, imo.
It is interesting from the perspective of real crime solving, especially from the civilian angle. A lot of us feel like we could solve these cases if only given the right access, and she did succeed in getting a lot of access.