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A review by alomie
Killing For Company by Brian Masters
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Hard to rate this one, and I feel very torn about its existence.
Although the case if of public interest I do wonder about the morality of giving such air time to a serial killer.
Brian Masters seems to have done his outside research in addition to the many letters and visits and "personal" relationship he had built with Dennis.
I definitely think that it is interesting how much information and explanation Dennis gave to the police and the author but ultimately never really explains the main question you might have, which is why?
Ultimately I would have liked more focus on the victims and less on that of a broken mind, but I understand the public at large are mostly interested in what drives a serial killer, and how we can avoid creating more.
It's hard to tell where fantasy and reality are in the confessions and how much of it is cleaned up to save face, but I do think Dennis was being in the most part truthful.
It's a bit dated in its language of the lbgtqia community and also I found some of the mental health aspect lacking, however at the time it was deemed that medically there was nothing wrong with Dennis' mind.
Hard to rate and hard to stomach, the descriptions of the murders I found to be very mentally draining and I found myself needing to take breaks from this one.
Although the case if of public interest I do wonder about the morality of giving such air time to a serial killer.
Brian Masters seems to have done his outside research in addition to the many letters and visits and "personal" relationship he had built with Dennis.
I definitely think that it is interesting how much information and explanation Dennis gave to the police and the author but ultimately never really explains the main question you might have, which is why?
Ultimately I would have liked more focus on the victims and less on that of a broken mind, but I understand the public at large are mostly interested in what drives a serial killer, and how we can avoid creating more.
It's hard to tell where fantasy and reality are in the confessions and how much of it is cleaned up to save face, but I do think Dennis was being in the most part truthful.
It's a bit dated in its language of the lbgtqia community and also I found some of the mental health aspect lacking, however at the time it was deemed that medically there was nothing wrong with Dennis' mind.
Hard to rate and hard to stomach, the descriptions of the murders I found to be very mentally draining and I found myself needing to take breaks from this one.