Stories are good but there is so much superfluous details in Diane Faanning’s books I do a lot of skimming
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Didn't enjoy book - think I may have misread a recommendation on another site. Should have gotten the other Into the Water by another author. Cannot recommend for anyone - didn't pass this one on.
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I first saw Diane Fanning in an interview on a Discovery ID television show. Under her name the title was "true crime author". She seemed very astute and intelligent. I searched her name and went on thriftbooks to buy her book. The one that caught my eye was this one. Once I started reading I could not put it down. I finished the book in two days and was very impressed by her writing. I looked up her biography online and found...
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Into the water was another well written disturbing book by Diane Fanning. In my opinion , interviews are one of the most important ingredients in a true crime book and Diane Fanning definitely goes to the limit conducting interviews. I would recommend the book to anyone that is a true crime fan.
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Any kind of review one may write on a book, movie or anything else is all relative anyway. What you don't like, I may love ... and visa versa. But I have read true-crime books almost exclusively for years, and found this book to be one of the best. I do not find it filled w/ "tedious, unnecessary details", but instead an illustration of the progressive chaotic life of a serial killer. The book does not read like a newspaper...
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