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I will admit in the beginning of this review that I did not read the book from cover to cover before writing this review. I will finish it, but I have read enough to get the writing style and the focus of the book. Due to the way the book is written, not finishing it will not harm the review in any way. I will restate I will finish the book.

Vile: Peeking Under the Skin of Murderers by Benjamin Jefferies is a true crime book profiling 21 notorious murders throughout history. Each chapter is a single murderer and the story is quickly told using first person accounts or police records. Each chapter is only a few pages long, so it is a quick read. At the end of each chapter is a very quick one paragraph profile of a murderer from the past.

I had an advanced copy*, so there was not a introduction or any statement as to why the 21 individuals were picked. There also was not any deep analysis as to why these murderers did what they did. Each chapter was written in such as way as a half hour true crime show on TV might profile these murderers. It is just the basics of what the person did, how the person was caught, and what happened. Quick and easy. I hope one can see why not reading the full book would change the review now.

I will say that I have a soft spot for true crime books. My mother was very much into these types of books as quick summer reads, so they were in my house when I was growing up. They were "fun" reads for us. It is why I jumped at the chance to review this book when I saw it was available. Due to my past, I knew most of these stories, so they were quick refreshers. There were a few I had did not know, so I jumped to those immediately, while filling in a few who were more famous to see what was different. This is a very brief look at these 21 people. Some of the chapters include Albert Fish, Dennis Nilsen, Henry Lee Lucas, Joseph Kallinger, Jack the Ripper, Dahmer, and Gein.

I rated this one 3 stars.

*I received this ebook for free for review from Edelweiss. This does not mean I have to give this a positive review, but I do have to notify the reader of how the book was acquired.
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Nerdyrev1 | 1 weitere Rezension | Nov 23, 2022 |
A chilling set of stories about the most vile set of characters ever written about.
Don't read into the night as I did!
Very highly recommended.
I was given a digital copy of this book by the publisher Schiffer Publishing via Netgalley in return for an honest unbiased review.
 
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Welsh_eileen2 | 1 weitere Rezension | Sep 1, 2016 |

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