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daralexandria's review against another edition
dark
informative
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence and Murder
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Sexual assault
wildgurl's review against another edition
4.0
The Grim Sleeper:The Lost Women of South Central🍒🍒🍒🍒🌱
By Christine Pelisek
2017
Counterpoint
Heartbreaking....Startling.
All women.
All black.
All murdered.
All were found in alleyways in South Central, Los Angeles.
Christine Pelisek followed these cases for 10 years....noting not just the grisly details of the murders, but the broader picture: homicides in areas of poverty, gang violence and drugs are given less concern by society because of their backgrounds. Pelisek was awarded - and definitely deserved - the Certificate of Appreciation from the City of Los Angeles for her work on the Grim Sleeper cases. Without her dedication, and tenacity, many of these startling and heartbreaking stories and cases, would still be in cold case files. She helped bring to life and personalize the stories of these women's lives and tge tragedy of their deaths.
This book is based on police reports, court documents, autopsy reports, and interviews with detectives, family members and other sources. Some parts of this book were very hard to read, I could not imagine having to personally deal with these kinds of crimes.
Well written and reasearched, I totally enjoyed this book for its broader implication, and for its straight up refusal to allow these to often ignored crimes, to finally have a voice. Loved this!!
By Christine Pelisek
2017
Counterpoint
Heartbreaking....Startling.
All women.
All black.
All murdered.
All were found in alleyways in South Central, Los Angeles.
Christine Pelisek followed these cases for 10 years....noting not just the grisly details of the murders, but the broader picture: homicides in areas of poverty, gang violence and drugs are given less concern by society because of their backgrounds. Pelisek was awarded - and definitely deserved - the Certificate of Appreciation from the City of Los Angeles for her work on the Grim Sleeper cases. Without her dedication, and tenacity, many of these startling and heartbreaking stories and cases, would still be in cold case files. She helped bring to life and personalize the stories of these women's lives and tge tragedy of their deaths.
This book is based on police reports, court documents, autopsy reports, and interviews with detectives, family members and other sources. Some parts of this book were very hard to read, I could not imagine having to personally deal with these kinds of crimes.
Well written and reasearched, I totally enjoyed this book for its broader implication, and for its straight up refusal to allow these to often ignored crimes, to finally have a voice. Loved this!!
clwils982's review against another edition
4.0
I knew some things about this case, but this book is considered the definitive book about it. Christine Pelisek is the one who brought the Task Force out of the dark 10 yrs ago and made the LAPD acknowledge their hunt for the Grim Sleeper. I found this to be a fairly easy read. Definitely recommend for true crime fans.
gremlin175's review against another edition
fast-paced
2.0
I liked most of the writing but the book jacket calls her a “fearless reporter” but she clearly talks about being so scared to go interview victims’ families in south central that she brings her sister along and that totally ruined it for me.
angelareadsbooks3's review against another edition
4.0
I found I enjoyed this book. It was thrilling in a weird way because you know justice was coming. This book gave a spoiler for the killer half way through without even looking at the photos in the middle of the book. So if you knew nothing about this case, it was disappointing because it points out a major flaw in the police and justice systems. Police and the current justice systems in place are not there for black people / victims and this book definitely depicts that.