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Sleep My Darlings: The True Story Of A Mother Who Killed Her Children In Cold Blood (2013)

by Diane Fanning(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1466834544 (ISBN13: 9781466834545)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

St. Martin's True Crime

review 1: I first heard of the Julie Schenecker case earlier this year when she finally went to trial. I had hoped that this book would give me some more insight into the case, into the mind of Julie, and even maybe into the mind of her husband Parker. What was he thinking leaving her alone with the kids in her state of mind? Instead the book started off promising, with the police discovering the bodies of sixteen year old Calyx and thirteen year old Beau as well as their mother who was drunk, or drugged or both to the point she couldn't really walk or talk. Then the story drifts a bit. Instead of getting in the backgrounds of Julie, Parker and the children, I read a history of all places they lived in a children as well as military bases and different military medals. As some... moreone who also enjoys history if I wanted a book on the Kennedys the Civil War or Pearl Harbour I'd read books devoted solely to this subjects. Onto this book. Eventually the book becomes more readable and the author does do a good job building up the events that lead to this horrific tragedy. I still have to shake my head at Parker Schenecker and would love to know what was in his mind, why he left his children with Julie, knowing that at least in the case of Calyx, she was afraid of her mother. He got off too easily in this book. I had hoped for a deeper look at Julie's life what made her the way she is. Mental illness doesn't just spring on you, neither does drug and alcohol addiction without warning. To top it off the book ends before the case went to trial and so didn't even have a satisfying conclusion to the story. I only know how it ended because I watched the trial before reading this book. I hope that someone else will try to write this book, it is a gripping story with so many questions that still haven't been answered yet. This book had some readable parts, but for the most part was too short and didn't have enough details of the family, their relationships, and of the crime itself and subsequent investigation. I learned more watching HLN cover the trial.
review 2: WOW! Whatta book. If you like true-crime this is a well-written quick read. I read it in a afternoon.I didn't understand (still don't) how a mother could kill such bright, loving children. When I saw this story in the news back in early 2011, all I could do was shake my head. Clearly this story is a heart-breaking one.I'm big fan of Ann Rule's true-crime writing. I think I've found another great true-crime author in Diane Fanning.Do not expect to find answers to this horrible crime in this book, only because I really don't think that there are any. If there are, I believe that Julie Schenecker will take them to her grave. RIP Calyx & Beau. less

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