Book 59 of my 2026 Reading Challenge
read from May 10 - June 10
The Serial Killer Files
by Harold Schechter
2 stars
A very low 2 stars. It took me a month and the book is only 421 pages. No chapter breaks and very text-heavy oversized pages made this feel like a slog. There was also unnecessary repetition - for example, I know I read about Albert Fish sticking pins in his penis at least 3 separate times and that's without even really paying attention.
There was a lot of information about people I hadn't heard about before so I feel this could've been improved with editing to streamline (remove repetition and have some organization with presentation) and add breaks.
As a warning, there's some pretty graphic descriptions. That wasn't surprising based on the content and it didn't bother me but it is something I'll mention as a heads up.
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Ways This Book Met my 2026 Reading Goals:
- 59th book read in 2026 (my goal is 100)
- A book I received for Christmas 2025 (my goal is to read all my Christmas 2025 books by the end of 2026)
- A book I own that is leaving my house for a new reader to find (my goal is to declutter and make progress on whittling down my shelves/boxes of books in my house)
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