Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, & Murder (Paperback)
Registered by greenideladie on 9/12/2004
1 journaler for this copy...
Amazon.com Review: (That I agree with 100%!)
Could Have, Should Have Been Better, June 17, 2004
Reviewer: Maria White (Newport News, VA United States) - See all my reviews
The only other Ann Rule book I've read is "Small Sacrifices", which was excellent. The reason I bought this book was because I'd seen an A&E documentary on the Blackthorne case and none of it made any sense. WHY would a powerful, wealthy man with his own family do such a thing? WHY would these people involved her murder DO such a thing? I have to tell you, the book doesn't answer these questions. You learn a lot about Sheila but it's not presented evenly. Ann clearly had a bias towards the positive portrayal of Sheila, maybe because the victim had requested Ann write a book about her. You even learn a lot about Allan, but there's not enough focus on WHY he did what he did. I know the police theories are there, but since Ann goes into such detail about what made Allan Van Houte/Blackthorne who he was, you would think she would have gone into the same detail on what would make him go to the lengths he apparently did.
Not that I wasn't convinced he'd done what he was convicted of. But after 600(?) pages, I still don't understand WHY. It still doesn't make any sense. And there's is absolutely no insight whatsoever in what made the actual murderer, Joey Del Toro, murder this woman. In fact, his recitation, as sparse as it was, of the actual crime is criminally short.
I think this could have been done better, and should have. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition
Could Have, Should Have Been Better, June 17, 2004
Reviewer: Maria White (Newport News, VA United States) - See all my reviews
The only other Ann Rule book I've read is "Small Sacrifices", which was excellent. The reason I bought this book was because I'd seen an A&E documentary on the Blackthorne case and none of it made any sense. WHY would a powerful, wealthy man with his own family do such a thing? WHY would these people involved her murder DO such a thing? I have to tell you, the book doesn't answer these questions. You learn a lot about Sheila but it's not presented evenly. Ann clearly had a bias towards the positive portrayal of Sheila, maybe because the victim had requested Ann write a book about her. You even learn a lot about Allan, but there's not enough focus on WHY he did what he did. I know the police theories are there, but since Ann goes into such detail about what made Allan Van Houte/Blackthorne who he was, you would think she would have gone into the same detail on what would make him go to the lengths he apparently did.
Not that I wasn't convinced he'd done what he was convicted of. But after 600(?) pages, I still don't understand WHY. It still doesn't make any sense. And there's is absolutely no insight whatsoever in what made the actual murderer, Joey Del Toro, murder this woman. In fact, his recitation, as sparse as it was, of the actual crime is criminally short.
I think this could have been done better, and should have. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition
I will be mailing this book along to fellow BC'r Dracos-Lane! Enjoy, let me know how you like it!
