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Title: A Stranger in the Family: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and Unconditional Love by Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith, Gregory White-Smith ISBN: 0-451-40622-2 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Sad, strange, powerful book!
Comment: This was a very sad book, you got the view of the family of the criminal in this book, how they feel about the crime of their son. It's very sad and odd, why Danny Starrett had become like that when he had a loving family??? When his mother talked about how he was when he was a kid and we see his baby and kid picutures you think how a little boy who look so nice and sweet can become like that? It's was very well wrote and a very powerful book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book but...
Comment: I will had gave this book 5 stars but the end of it is odd and too mysterious. What really happen to Jeannie, did Danny Starrett killed her or she kill herself??? He was suppose to be hypnotise to know what really happen with Jeannie but we don't hear of it in the book. That so true what the father of Danny said, "We don't want to know that the killer and abuser have a family who care for him, we don't want to know his pain, we want to shut our eyes from that and beleive he just evil it more simple.", but life it not like that. The mind is odd and can make you do strange thing but still why Danny Starrett could not control himself, he said another part of him "HE" did it not "HIM", well that kind of a personality disorder, we all had mood swings, and lot of criminals can said they have a HE/SHE who did their crime. I am sure he really beleived himself when he said he have another one who live inside of him but still that very unbeleivebale. When you saw the pictures of the young Danny Starrett you can't imagine he become a criminal, he look so sweet and angelic and seem such a nice kid when his mother discribed him, it hard to not feel what she feel. This book was a very powerful book, very disturbing also because that put you in the shoes of the criminal and his family and you sure wish to not have a member of your family who become that way. This book is one of the best true crime book I had read but like I said the end is weird and Danny seem to be pretty mess up and disturbed when he start to talk about controlling time to get Jeannie back, I guess too much time thinking in prison really mess up your mind, well it sure not a place to get peace of mind!
Rating: 5
Summary: He ate my Mom's brownies in College!
Comment: ...
I think in places the authors attempt to imply that there were warning signs where there were none. For example, I think it was a little silly to talk about his having a difficult time at a lecture because of a girl in his class or his following girls on campus as though this was a sign of things to come. If this were a factor, most of the male students at Ga. Tech in the late 70's would be locked up now. Although these were Dan's own words, the flavor throughout the book is that somehow the people in his life should have been able to see this coming. I never would have. I do not understand it to this day.
I was shocked and disturbed by many of the details presented in the book. The thing that gives me the most pause is how someone can share a part of your life, but what is in their head be so unknown. We all just thought he was a great guy. For those who dismiss Dan as simply an evil person, I'm afraid it's not quite that easy. The Dan I knew was idealistic and always wanted to do the "right" thing. Dan did not live up to his own ideals; could not live up to his own ideals.
It gets five stars because it is the only book written about anyone that I actually know. It is a book I wish never had to be written. So tragic for so many lives.
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Title: Dead and Buried: A Shocking Account of Rape, Torture, and Murder on the California Coast by Corey Mitchell ISBN: 0786015179 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Every Mother's Nightmare (Onyx True Crime) by Charles, Jr Bosworth ISBN: 0451405374 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Love Me to Death (Pinnacle True Crime) by Steve Jackson ISBN: 078601458X Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Final Justice: The True Story of the Richest Man Ever Tried for Murder by Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith ISBN: 0525934529 Publisher: Penguin USA Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Suffer the Little Children by Barbara Davis ISBN: 0786006641 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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