Steven Long (2)

The case itself seems very interesting, but the book is poorly written. The author kept jumping around and couldn't stay on track for more than a few paragraphs. Unrelated cases had several paragraphs dedicated to them (like Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and several death row cases in Utah), and the author would go on tangents that added nothing to the story itself (what movie Lori saw with a friend, Mark Hacking's reading list, various "minor characters'" life stories, etc). When the author show more did focus on the case itself, he continually repeated information. I'd like to read about this case, but only if another, better author addressed it. show less

I did not think this was so badly written. It shed some new light on the crime, and what he was thinking and maybe gives some reasons why he was the way he was.