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Title: Unsatisfying True Crime
Review: This account contains too many poorly drawn victims and perpetraters, all of which the author claims are beyond stupid. It makes for frustrating reading that, without at least one intelligent central character, lacks tension and suspense. Instead of an intriging chess match of worthy and fascinating opponents, it reads like a dark version of a Keystone Cops/Three Stooges caper that grows very tiresome about half way through the book. I am surprised so many readers found these people interesting and that the author who is so obviously contemptuous of the all his subjects (the manipulated as well as the manipulators) could sustain his interest long enough to write this book.
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