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Last Dance, Last Chance (Ann Rule's Crime Files : Vol. 8) |
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| | Keep on Ann  |
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I loved this book & have already read it several times. Tragic story about an incompetent, egoistic, narcissic doctor who killed one of his patients and who gave his wife such huge quatities of arsenic that it was a miracle that he did not kill her (even though he tried extremely hard).It appears that even after so many years the "doctor" has not finished with his wife at all & has ways of keeping track of and disturbing his family even from prison. What I want to know is how this guy, Pignataro, was able to review this book. He is in prison, and hopefully will stay there, and should have no access to internet? After seeing how this guy breaks the rules, I believe that his family is afraid of him & I believe that some of the nastier reviews that critise his wife have been put on here by him. A gripping read as are the other true crime cases included in this book. A great book |
| | A MONSTER WHO LOOKS LIKE A HUMAN  |
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I could not put this book down. Ann Rule has done it again. It had to be hard to write the chilling tale of torture and attempted murder. The author has made it possible for anyone to see the hideous mask of "Tony". Anyone accept his mother, who has cut off her two grandchildren and still idolizes her son. Unbelievable that she is still working to free him. Ann has put all of this down in such detail that you could almost see 'Tony' as Dorian Gray. The man that looked so handsome 25 years ago and the painting that now showed all of his twisted evil. Thank you Ann for another block buster of a book. I will be a fan for life. |
| | Great Story But Too Slow |
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I was fascinated by the story "Last Dance, Last Chance". I especially liked the section in the middle with all the pictures. Somehow it brought the people in the book to life for me. Although I was fascinated, I had a tough read with the book and my mind wandered like crazy. There are many pieces of it that were not relevant (for me) to the storyline. Actually, instead of the Pignataro story being a small part of the book, I would have liked a single book just about them. And, I would like to hear more about their lives. I didn't like all the chatter about the DA's office. It just didn't matter in the end and took away from the story for me personally. In some places the book could have been longer and in some, shorter. I bought the book because the reviews on this site were very good but sadly I did not agree with those readers in the end. Very dissapointing considering what the book could have been. |
| | Like watching paint dry... |
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I agree with some of the readers here. Although the concept of the story line had the capability of being a real page turner, it was spoiled with an extraordinary amount of detail that was not needed. With any true crime story, you must read everything in case some detail plays out with the rest of this story. But this one just took forever to get to a point. All you care about is the latest antics of the doctor and his family and it drones on and on about the district attorney and his family, one of the patient's and her husband and every single detail of their lives. Also, I agree with another reader in that it's very one sided. The doctor obviously mixed in society at some point, but he is made out to be a figure like "Michael" in the "Halloween" movies where he was just a killing machine. Not very believable! The Halloween series was better though at least it scared you. |
| | Ann Didn't "Rule" This Time.... |
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I have really enjoyed Ann Rule's books in the past. She is a terrifc author who sucks you right in. This subject of this story is great, but I agree with some of the other posts here, it's just too long. Every time I got "into" the details of Anthony and Debbie, the author pulled my attention away to things that in my opinion had nothing to do with the story. The nitty gritty things she told about Frank Sedita and his wife for example. Who cares? And, also, of course you feel horrible about the patient Sara Smith, but the only info I really wanted at that point was about Debbie and Anthony. I was impatiently waiting for her to finish the rambling, and get back to the story SO many times while reading it. She is almost too involved with Debbie and her feelings. Like a relative or something. I think it's hard to give a biased opinion when you are too involved and that's what it felt like to me.
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