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Title: Compelling reading
Review: The JonBenet case fascinated me, though, but I was reluctant to follow the sensationalist bandwagon. Schiller's book, however, provided me with what I thought to be a very objective presentation of this bizarre case. Yes, at times it seems as if it were patched together as he was writing it and yes, it sometimes didn't appear to have any direction, and yes, there are a lot of characters to keep track of (but there is a glossary of names in the appendix), and yes, it does shift restlessly between the information about the murder and the conflict between the DA and the police. But those stylistic devices in themselves mirror the haphazard, almost chaotic investigation, the animosity amongst the people involved, and the constantly changing perspectives of the media, the people of Boulder, and the primary and secondary players in this drama. Those readers who want sensationalism should read the tabloids. Those who want objective reporting should read Schiller's book.
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