Title: Surprisingly boring...
Product review: I'm a huge true crime fan, a very big Ann Rule fan, yet this one didn't do it for me. To me, Small Sacrifices was a masterpiece. This one was loaded w/unnecessary detail, yet she sometimes left out stuff that the reader would consider important ... for instance - Stevie's sexual abuse allegations against her father seemed to scare Alan, so they must've had merit .... yet it was really never delved into in the story. Another thing - while this crime was about as bad as it gets, and I hope those 4 losers rot in jail for what they did - Sheila was a bit unsympathetic at times. Ann Rule could have at least acknowledged that, rather than chalking it up to being in love, or being afraid. And Jamie was a jerk! I had a hard time understanding why she allowed him to discipline the girls that harshly (11-12 yrs old, being slapped in the face?).
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