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Title: I Have Lived In The Monster : Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers by Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman ISBN: 0-312-96429-3 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.1 (29 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: 101 Criminology
Comment: This book has great basic information on the most notorious murderers. If you are an experienced reader, you will see alot of basic information, but if this is your 1,2 or 3 book on the subject I strongly recommend it! His interview with Jeffrey Dahmer and his information regarding Dahmer is unique.
Again Robert Ressler takes about 1/5 of the book talking about his carrer, and it is easy to skip a few pages because he goes on and on about his career without making a constructive point.
If he would reduce needles carrer information and stick to the facts, he would be in no doubts and incredible writer.
But along with Roy Hazelwood, you have to filter through the egos.
Rating: 3
Summary: Gripping content worthy of reading despite Ressler's asides
Comment: Former FBI criminal profiler Robert Ressler follows up his book "Whoever Fights Mosters" by reflecting on his post-FBI experiences. Especially noteworthy is his extensive interviews with serial killers John Wayne Gacey and Jeffrey Dahmer.
Ressler's interview with Dahmer is probably one of the most significant parts of the book for what it reveals about the psychology behind Dahmer's acts. Ressler does a good job of sorting through the bull and getting at what motivated Dahmer and his specific mental issues.
Also to the positive are the international cases Ressler details, especially the fact that the "serial killer phenomenon" is not unique to the United States. His case studies of the Railway Killer and the ABC Killings in South Africa are especially worth reading.
However, one particular annoyance trips up the reader and that's something other reviewers have pointed out. Ressler has no qualms in repeatedly pointing out his 25 years of experience with the bureau...again, again and again. He seems to take particular pleasure at pointing out how many trials he has testified in, how much demand there is for his expertise and how his work has made headlines around the world.
He makes it a point, for example, of saying that in the case of the Railway Killer, his help was sought but he was just so darned busy to go because of his role in other trials in the U.S. He also quotes a letter from one of the investigators, thanking him in glowing terms. He also has no qualms in taking a few swipes at his former co-workers in the FBI, including John Douglas.
Despite this issue, Ressler's book is worth reading for what it reveals. However, I much prefer another former FBI profiler's writing. Roy Hazelwood's style is cleaner and his ego is refreshingly absent.
Rating: 2
Summary: Ressler sounds angry at the FBI
Comment: I have enjoyed reading true crime for some time now including Whoever Fights Monsters, But this book is self serving and does not introduce any new information you have not already read. It seems Mr. Ressler is angry at John Douglas and others for not aknowledging his effort while an active profiler and he is trying to show them he was first or best or something. The message was lost on me. The interviews are something to read however the bulk of the book is simply a retread of his previous works. My advice. Skip it.
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Title: Whoever Fights Monsters : My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI by Robert K. Ressler, Thomas Schachtman ISBN: 0312950446 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Anatomy of Motive : The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker ISBN: 0671023934 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Mindhunter : Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas ISBN: 0671528904 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dark Dreams: Sexual Violence, Homicide and the Criminal Mind by Roy Hazelwood, Stephen G. Michaud ISBN: 0312253427 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 19 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Evil That Men Do by Stephen G. Michaud, Roy Hazelwood ISBN: 0312970609 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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