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Chargement... The Charming Predatorpar Lee Mackenzie
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is a truly powerful story. How the author fell in love, was betrayed and lied to. I kind of got rather bored half way through but carried on regardless. This story came over as if the writer didn’t really care but that could just have been how I was reading it. Thank you to the publishers and netgalley for allowing me the arc of this book to review This is a truly powerful story. How the author fell in love, was betrayed and lied to. I kind of got rather bored half way through but carried on regardless. This story came over as if the writer didn’t really care but that could just have been how I was reading it. Thank you to the publishers and netgalley for allowing me the arc of this book to review Lee Mackenzie was young and admittedly a bit naïve when she first met and fell in love with Kenner Jones. Although many red flags popped up and she did suspect him of lying to her it was not until she herself was accused of his crimes that she packed up and left him. Kenner had (has?) a way of getting what he wants from people, whether by charming them or in some cases preying on their sympathy to gain their trust and money through false pretenses. This is Lee's story of her time spent with him and it's aftermath. Presented in a matter of fact way. It was a fascinating story. I received an advance copy for review. Given that this was a first person account of being a true crime victim, its incredibly dry and uninteresting. I guess that's what happens when a news journalist writes a memoir. Which is a shame because this tale could have been quite engaging if the author had been more willing to bare her soul to us a little. I received a free copy of this book for review from the publisher. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
She was a capable and confident young woman, studying broadcast journalism and honing her skills of observation and objectivity. She was also a little unworldly and naive, the product of a small, rural Western Canadian community where doors were never locked and life was simple and direct. On a backpacking trip in the UK, she met the man who would abuse her trust without mercy and make her life hellishly complicated for years to come. This is the true story of how Lee Mackenzie fell in love with and married a man who, unbeknown to her, was an impostor of great skill and outrageous audacity. A man everyone agreed was one of the most intelligent, charming, entertaining people they had ever met. Easy to like, easy to believe. Easy to love. A man who, she was to discover, had been in and out of courts and prisons for years before their meeting. Lee, like so many others before and after, did not see the dark side of Kenner Jones until it was too late. He shattered her emotionally, psychologically and financially. And then she forgave him. And then he did it again. Decades later, he is still at large, having committed crimes around the world. He has been described--by the seasoned immigration officer who helped kick him out of the States--as "the best conman I have ever encountered in my entire career." No one got closer to Kenner Jones than Lee Mackenzie. No one has known him better--or perhaps that should be worse. In a narrative of almost unbearable, mounting menace, Lee Mackenzie tells her story, and finally unmasks Kenner Jones for the first time. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Lately I have been in a reading slump (probably from all of those school textbooks I'm devouring...) and most of the books I should love I haven't been able to connect with. Buuuuut, this book instantly hooked me during this time and appeared to be exactly what I needed.
This book is intriguing because it's supposed to be "real" (I say supposed to because Lee MacKenzie apparently has numerous pseudonyms). Kenner Jones did exist and there are numerous stories about how he scammed a ridiculous amount of people (including his wife).
I find it an interesting phenomenon that this happens to people. It seems so out of the ordinary and soap opera like, yet I've met many people who trick and manipulate anyone they can. Reading it, I found I could see "signs", but that's with me knowing the end of this story - I know he's going to manipulate her, it's almost like a bad movie you have seen over and over. "Don't go through that door" or "Don't talk to that person" and so on...
I have so much respect for this woman, because this was truly one of the worst moments (or say...years?) of her life. Writing a book like this takes courage, and my goodness is it a good book. I find it well written, easy to read and one of the better true crime, life story novels I have read in a while.
This book gets 5 out of 5 stars for sure.
[Edit] - I received this book for free from Goodreads First Reads AND I found a copy at my local indie bookstore that was an arc! Talk about luck! ( )