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"Ann Rule reveals all about Ted Bundy. She reflects on the time she and Ted spent working on a suicide hot line and the compassionate side of him he allowed her to see. Giving us time lines and locations, she spells out the true Ted and the horrific murders he committed. Amazingly, Ted was able to gain a fan club of deluded young women. Ann carries us through more than one of Ted's prison escape and gives an inside scoop about his famous defense attourney, Ted himself. Out of respect for the victims and families or perhaps to make real the dispicable crimes, Ann lists each victim in a ceromonial fashion."
Tracey Ray, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- criminal (killer)
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 1 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- Deep South
Misc setting
- prison
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Book makes you feel?
- scared
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- rape/molest (yeech!)
- use of artificial tools
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- love/sex
- decency
- justice system
- religion
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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