The Stranger Beside Me

The Stranger Beside Me

1980 • 512 pages

Ratings42

Average rating3.7

15

I pretty much said all I needed to say about this book through the status updates I gave while reading it. It feels like it took forever to finish reading this book. While there were a few interesting parts, for the most part, the book just seemed to drag by. It got tiresome reading about her conflict over Bundy's guilt and the bits and pieces of her personal life. She came across as being too sympathetic toward Bundy and did not give nearly enough information about the victims. It ticked me off at one point in the book when she went to Florida and said that “Ted could never go home again.” Well, neither could his victims - what about them? I love reading Ann Rule's books, but this one was a disappointment, because she just came across as a “Ted groupie” to me, except toward the very end when she finally stated her opinion on his guilt.

June 11, 2010