Bella Stumbo (1943–2002)
Auteur de Until the Twelfth of Never
Œuvres de Bella Stumbo
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1943
- Date de décès
- 2002-12-02
- Sexe
- female
- Études
- Denver University, Colorado (BS), Northwestern University (MS)
- Professions
- journalist
author
Membres
Critiques
Listes
True Crime Books (1)
Edgar Award (1)
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 83
- Popularité
- #218,811
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 7
― Bella Stumbo, Until the Twelfth of Never: The Deadly Divorce of Dan and Betty Broderick
I see how highly rated this book is. I myself did not care for it.
The author, seemed to me, very much on Betty's side. That was what I felt anyway. I do enjoy true crime books on occasion but with this, although the author is very honest about Betty's role and contribution there seemed to me, to be many a snarky passive aggressive comment directed toward Dan and Linda which did not fit if she were completely unbiased.
Look I get it. If Dan did all these things that was lousy and the actions, if done, were awful. I would have had sympathy for Betty..until she killed him.
I was also amazed at some of the comments directed toward Linda the new wife. At one point..and I cannot quote because I cannot remember the specific line the writer labels Linda as someone "without compassion". Well how does she know? Did she interview Linda for this book. No of coarse not. Linda is dead. And it is Betty that killed her.
I want to be sure I am clear. I have had crummy rotten things happened to me that were done by others. So have friends of mine past friends and current. Some of the things I could say were easily s bad if not worse then what happened to Betty. I mean it.
At no point did any of my friends nor myself decide murdering the person was the solution. Betty has not shown remorse and she did not just destroy two lives. what about the families? Their parents and siblings? And Betty and Dan's kids who have to go through life with all this on their plate.
Also in the book there are courtroom scenes and some of what is said is written and Dan says..tells Betty..he wants her to have the kids back but she must stop using them as a weapon. Well whats wrong with that? I agree with him. don't forget..Betty DROVE the kids to his house and dumped them there. I just do not get the underlying hostility in the book to Dan and Linda.
so no I did not enjoy this. I found it way to snarky and I do not feel i got anywhere near the real story or maybe I did. I just feel differently about it then I think the writer may have.… (plus d'informations)