Comments on: Gunning for Love — ‘Twisted Triangle: A Famous Crime Writer, a Lesbian Love Affair, and the FBI Husband’s Violent Revenge’

By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:31:33 +0000

“The Birthday Party” is the rare true crime book that’s funny — it’s hard to make people laugh about your own abduction, but Stan Alpert pulls it off. And I just read on Alpert’s Web site that Tom Cruise has bought the movie rights …

By: ggelliott

ggelliott — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:14:44 +0000

Can’t wait to get my hands on The Birthday Party…thanks! It’s now been added to my summer reading list.

By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:45:24 +0000

My pleasure, Sarah. This book was a disappointment to me because I love true crime when it’s done well.

In cases like this, it can be hard to tell whether the authors didn’t try to dig deeply or the subject wasn’t forthcoming. But other is a veteran investigative reporter, so I suspect she did push hard and just couldn’t come up with better answers than she got. Thanks so much for “getting” the review.
Jan

By: sarahsk

sarahsk — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:16:32 +0000

This is a great review because it tells you exactly what you're getting if you read the book. Vagueness like the part you mention (“At the time, Margo took Gene at his word.”) tends to frustrate me or make me wonder if the authors dug deeply enough, so I'll pass on reading this one. Thanks for the informative review!