I'll Be Gone in the Dark

I will admit, I had a choppy experience with this book that is wholly my own doing, and unfortunately prevented me from realizing the highest level of enjoyment from this book. I began it as an audio-book, which had multiple CDs; I would often not realized it was looping back to the beginning of the CD, so I would get confused, or distracted while driving or just thinking of something else.... and there are WAY too many names and details being thrown around for me to ever firmly grasp the narrative. I had to return the CDs, so I finished by reading the book.

That being said, I liked the book a lot and McNamara is a truly talented writer. I think it's so difficult to show personality as a writer (hers being sensitive and compassionate, but painstakingly detailed, obsessive, self-aware, and hilarious) when writing about A) mostly police reports/crimes scenes/obsessive researching and B) when the topic is a terrifying, psychopath rapist serial killer who may or may not still be alive. This book is just as much about the Golden State Killer as it is Michelle McNamara. I loved that genres bend between True Crime and Memoir. And knowing that she died so young, and in the throes of this project heightens and already heightened narrative.

I would absolutely recommend this book, and intend to sit down and read the print version cover to cover sometime in the future to ensure I get the full experience - I'm sure I'll thank myself for doing it.