![]() ![]() If, as I think Bugliosi would see it, you see this book as a thorough documentation of not only the murders themselves, but the entire investigation, trial, and fallout then the 700 pages is probably warranted. If you are just looking for a good story, with a beginning, middle, and end, this will probably strike you as excessive and perhaps boring in parts (even despite the gory details and outlandish incidents). This book is 700 pages long! I guess it depends on what you think the purpose of the book was. ![]() This is the thing that gives the book its power, but it’s also kind of overwhelming, and I’m not entirely sure it was necessary. I think it’s because Vincent Bugliosi, who was the prosecutor who tried Manson and most of his followers, takes you through everything in unbelievable detail (a couple members of the Family had a separate trial for murders committed before the Tate-LaBianca crimes, and Bugliosi was only a witness in that trial). I’m a fan of true crime and thus used to a certain level of uncomfortableness in books and documentaries, and I have a pretty high tolerance for most things, but I was not prepared for this book. ![]()
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