Monday, March 27, 2017

The Trail of Ted Bundy


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Book received from Netgalley in exchange for honest review.

This was a companion book for author Kevin M. Sullivan's The Bundy Murders. I thought this was an excellent book and helped flesh out who Bundy was. If you are not familiar with Ted Bundy, his crimes, or his victims, it is highly recommended you pass on this until you read the previous book. This book is not a biography or a retelling of his crimes; it's additional information that adds layers to an already notorious killer.

The interviews with Bundy's friends I thought were especially good, because it made Bundy seem like a person that anyone could know. The author describes the places were Bundy lived and the places where he abducted his victims. It was interesting to hear how many of these places haven't changed, and what people have done to change some of the others. 

I do think the author should have left out the lines of "I covered this topic in my other book so I won't repeat it here" (not exact wording but close). I feel like he relied on that line a lot and it could have been left out completely. That being said that is really the only criticism I have about a companion book.

I highly recommend this. The research is impeccable and you know you're reading material from an author that has gone above and beyond to gather information about a subject that he's passionate about.

4/5 stars

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