Review: A VERY TRAGIC TALE....Recommended
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 31, 2012
I have to wonder what *great* writing looks like. This book accurately and concisely lays out the well publicized crucifixion of a very disturbed, severely abused, and ultimately destroyed human being, spiritually and physically. Even today, over a decade after her execution all people remember on the subject of Aileen Carol Wuornos was that she was the first US female serial killer whom they say was justly executed.I found her life very sad. It was very curious that her first *victim's* criminal record as a violent rapist was swept under the rug and it was not even hinted at that some of her other victims were married guys out looking for a hooker. "If you go looking for trouble, you're sure to find it." Some were partially responsible for their own demise. Even without an Aileen Wuornos, if their families knew what these men were up to, they would have been greatly ashamed, hurt, and shunned by society. With Aileen in the picture, at least the families received public pity and support - which they would have otherwise not received if their husbands had been exposed for what they were...lecherous geezers and trolls looking for a cheap hooker.Aileen needed psychiatric help as she was obviously insane and the fact anyone could judge her competent to stand trial is as big a miscarriage of justice as I've ever heard of. I don't condone what she did. It was wrong, absolutely. But how the guardians of the American people just picked her apart;she was used by one of the only people she trusted to weave her own noose around her neck; and finally, how the people in the legal system (and a couple who weren't and ought to be ashamed of themselves) were out to make a fast buck on her....the treatment of this woman from cradle to grave was reprehensible. The fact that no one involved, from her childhood on, came to her rescue says a good deal about American society as nothing much has changed since then.My opinion of this book is that it does a good job in laying out the facts without injecting a lot of speculation. If you're trying to find a book with information and introduction to all the players, this is an excellent book to start with. Even after having read a good deal about Wuornos, I found a few things I hadn't known. I give it a thumbs up.