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Title: Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder by Ann Rule ISBN: 0-451-16660-4 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.81 (68 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Children Shine throughout the Book
Comment: "Small Sacrifices" is a very well written book, and as with all Ann Rule books I have read, it's the innocent people involved, and not the criminal in these accounts that make these books worthwhile. They are always beautiful, wonderful people and that's what makes this story worth reading. The children in this book are so strong and courageous, they truly are heroes. Even though these books mainly focus on the criminals, the greatest story is always in the details of the stories of the people who overcome. Their great heart, wisdom, courage, tenacity and perseverence in these books by Ann Rule show most courageously and most amazingly the greatness of the human race, and none more so than Christie Ann, Danny and Cheryl Lynn Downs.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Children of Sacrifice
Comment: "Small Sacrifices" is another of Ann Rule's true-crime accounts, and this one delves into the darkest alley of the mind and brings to the light of day the danger some children face at the hands of their own parents. This crime is one of them, and the small sacrifices are one mother's own children, each of them shot because their mother's boyfriend (who couldn't wait to unload her) didn't want to be a father. Diane Downs, the mother convicted for the murder of one and attempted killings of two of her children, represents the worst of all of us, a self-serving, ego-centered psychotic whose own wants supercede the basic needs of everyone else, including her own children. Beyond the chilling account of how three young souls were sacrificed, Rule takes us well into the legal complications of this horrendous case and gives us an education in the complexities of the legal machine, even in cases that seem airtight. This isn't an entertaining read and instead should be taken on as a character study and why the protectors of children have to include a collective society. Certainly, the sense of tragedy prevades the senselessness of Downs' crime throughout the book. Just as strong an emotion is the total disdain of the woman the reader will feel.
Rating: 5
Summary: Page Turning fantastic read
Comment: I have to say that this is Ms Rule's finest piece of writing so far. This book is wonderfully written and I could not put it down until I finished reading it. Throughout the whole book I was in delimma whether Diane did murder her kids or was she a pawn of the police system? I think the evidence speaks more than what anyone has to say but one thing is for sure this is an excellent read and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Title: The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule ISBN: 0451203267 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 12 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Want-Ad Killer by Ann Rule, Andy Stack ISBN: 0451166884 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: EVERYTHING SHE EVER WANTED by Ann Rule ISBN: 067169071X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule ISBN: 0451165594 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Lust Killer by Ann Rule, Andy Stack ISBN: 0451166876 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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