Interesting but very graphic

This is a very interesting book. I have heard of the Homolka killings before, but there was information, especially from the video tapes that was new to me. One negative is that this book is really short, so if you spend a credit on it, it is only about a 2.5 hour listen. I have to say the narrator was wonderful though.

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Good story, poor narration

Don Kline's narration sounds stiff and awkward. Some words mispronounced, sentence flow stutters and restarts at times, breaking the flow of the story. His voice is pleasant enough, but sounds like he's struggling at times to read and recite the author's words.

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Worst narrator EVER

Slurring, mumbling narrator that sounds like a middle-school kid giving a poorly written book report.

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Narrator was not a good fit

The cadence of the narrator was all over the place. He sounded like a teenager trying to rush through speech class.

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Badly Narrated

Very intreresting true crime story. But the narrator needs reading lessons. And I wish he'd swallow his spit.

Fascinating book; awful narrator.

The book is great, but the narrator's voice makes me physically nauseated. He breaks up lines and phrases at awkward points. It's the auditory equivalent to being on a ship in a raging storm. If this book interests you, read it instead. It's a quick read, and it's available on Kindle.

Sensationalist exploitation of infamous true crime

What disappointed you about Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka: The True Story of the Ken and Barbie Killers?

Both the writing and narration are incredibly sophomoric and considering the horrific acts in this true crime story, frequently glib. The text sounds like it was written by a teenage boy, actually using terms like "looking like a Facebook slut", "the case was clusterf**k", "then came the real sick horrific shit" and using slang terms to describe sexual acts and abuse. There is almost no regard for the victims or their stories and a complete lack of journalistic tone.

Has Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka: The True Story of the Ken and Barbie Killers turned you off from other books in this genre?

No, but I am usually more careful about what true crime I read, preferring a more adult, intellectual approach that focuses as much on motive, impact, procedure and the victim's stories than on unnecessary sensationalism (most serial killer true crime has enough of that built in; one need not embellish, or worse, celebritize them) . I will, however, be avoiding other releases in this particular series. Peter Vronsky's name was attached and I was a fan of his Serial Killer Files book, which was more journalistic and fact driven in tone, so I took a chance on this, but

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator already doesn't have much to work with, but doesn't improve matters any by sounding like a teenage boy reading around a campfire. And it really sounds like he's reading, complete with out of context pauses and

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The true crime story it is about can't help to be interesting to people interested in the genre, but there are better accounts of the story out there, including Vronsky's Serial Killer Files book

A little too graphic

I didn't care for just presenting horrific facts that were beyond disturbing. I just wish the story could have told without line by line exact wording of their sick acts of sexual cruelty & perversion.

Vulgar

Hard to finish this book ,these two animals were pigs! they had no remorse and we're completely demonized.