Hi it's Naomi back with another vlog for you guys. Today I'm gonna be talking
about I'll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara. This book fits into
the true crime genre, it's essentially one woman's quest for the identity of
the Golden State Killer. There are some unusual circumstances surrounding the
book as the author died before the work could be completed so her friends and
family and researchers got together and completed the book for her. The foreword
is by the author of Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn and the afterword is by Michelle's
husband, the actor Patton Oswalt. Just a quick kind of note on their relationship:
They speak, she speaks a fair bit about her marriage in the book and the
kind of juxtaposition between their two different lifestyles. On one hand you
have Patton Oswalt with the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and premieres and
on the other hand you have Michelle who writes about these you know really
graphic, dark side of humanity true crime cases. I noticed when I first started
recommending the book and talking about it that I kept referring to the author
by her first name. I think that's because you get a sense that you really know her.
It's a testament to how well put together the book is. As much as this
book is an investigation into the Golden State Killer
it's also partially a biography of Michelle McNamara herself. You feel like
you know so much more about her after reading this, you know, all of the family
and friendships are in here and also even the relationships she had
with the retired detectives who she called up to get more information about
the case. That's what makes this book so much more than your just
standard true-crime title. There's a lot of deeper levels to it.
Michelle talks about having an interest in true crime from an early age,
she details her own first experience with violent crime. She used to run a
true crime blog but the the case that she really latched on to was that
of the Golden State Killer. He was an offender
who started off as a prowler or a Peeping Tom and then his crimes
escalated to rape and finally murder. These crimes she details, although she's very
honest about what happened she deals with it quite sensitively as well.
Obviously she maintains the anonymity of anyone who wished to remain
anonymous, but at the same time she gives you a real feel for the fear in the
community at the time and also the the general feel in America at that
point. She shows us that at that point America was going
through a wave of violence. It's post Vietnam war, Taxi Driver
everyone was talking about at the time. People sort of lived in
fear a little bit and particularly in this area of California. She said that
guns were getting sold at an alarming rate, people were putting
tambourines and wind chimes all over their windows and doors so that
hopefully the offender couldn't get into their home at night, couples slept in
shifts because this offender was so indiscriminate he didn't care if
he was attacking couples or single people. And he was so cocky that he
even attacked homes where people had already started to phone the police so
that just gives you an idea for how frightening the time must have been for
the local residents. I think she transmits that state of fear really well.
You feel Michelle's sense of dogged determination, as every lead that she's
investigating runs cold she's just not gonna let this go, she's gonna keep on
trying, she's gonna keep on trying to crack this case. And she even goes to the
effort of collecting 30 odd boxes of police files from the local police
department. She phones up detectives who have since retired who worked the case
originally because she knows they're just as haunted by the case as she is.
Another unique thing about my experience reading this book is that they
actually caught the Golden State Killer whilst I was reading it. They
actually have a DNA match for the suspect so it's really looking like it
definitely is him. The police actually credited I'll Be Gone In The Dark with
keeping the case in the public mind, helping get more information out there,
more public awareness, so that's you know that's been a really great testament to
Michelle's work. So many of the things that she mentions in the book actually
come together when you know the identity of the killer. So many small bits of
information that she thought were important have actually turned out to be.
So again a testament to her work and her work ethic as I've said. It was a really
unique experience reading this book just because of some of the circumstances
surrounding it and I think obviously with the case being ongoing against the
suspect they have a DNA match for there's going to be a lot more about
this case in the next couple of years. So I would recommend that anyone who's
interested in kind of a topical issue like that, pick it up. It is a very
sophisticated true crime novel I would say it's going to end up up there with
In Cold Blood, A Stranger Beside Me as one of those true crime classics. I'm
really glad that I sat down to read it, it did leave a kind of a permanent mark
on me in some ways because I don't think I'm the first reviewer to say that it
actually made me a bit afraid for my own personal safety. I don't really feel
comfortable sleeping with a window open now; that's the level of detail. Anyone
who is interested in the crime genre, true crime, anyone who just likes to kind
of follow things that are going on in the media, this is a fantastic book and
although I'm sorry that Michelle McNamara is not around to see the
success of her book I think she would be so happy that finally this man that
she's been chasing the ghost of for years has been caught. And she even says
in her book that she doesn't care who catches him as long as someone does.
She didn't want to be the star she just wanted justice for his victims and I
think that this book is such a success that it will be remembered for a long time
to come. I would honestly recommend it far and wide. So thank you very much for
listening to me talk about this today. If you want to hear more from me, more from
the other vloggers, please do subscribe to our channel and I will see you next time.
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