This book first caught my attention with it’s cover. I love the bold yet stark imagery of a woman’s eyes, and the somewhat violent color palette. And that’s what the novel’s contents are: violent, and through women’s eyes. Throughout the book, the reader experiences the lives of two women prior to and after the violence acted upon them by Ted Bundy (who is not mentioned by name). The book is not sordid, nor fantastic. It presents their voices as they were: when they were happy, exploited, violated, ignored. The reader can’t help but empathize for the women and feel the miscarriage of justice and for the lives lost. I remember feeling towards the end of the book that this is a book I would want to read again. This “story” has been mistold and the narrative warped so frequently by the media that it felt almost sacred to hear the story told through their voices. I was amazed at what seemed to be extremely thorough research done by the author. I don’t know whether she spoke extensively with Bundy’s victims but their stories feel very real and powerful.
Lazy Reader Jane 