By?Tom Philbin
Prometheus Books, $19.00,?263 pages
I, Monster is a compilation of documentation from twenty of the most notorious serial killers from the last 100 years. In their own words, these demons-on-earth recount how and why they committed their atrocious crimes and what they did to get rid of the evidence.
Aside from the obviously disturbing content of this book, I found it to be a disjointed read. Each chapter features a summary of a different killer?s crimes, and occasionally a blurb on their childhood. This is followed by either court or interrogation transcripts, journals or letters written by the killer, a list of the killer?s random comments or some combination thereof. The overall effect is one of minimal effort expended for no apparent reason. One chapter consists of 37 mostly illegible Xeroxed pages from a killer?s journal, with no attempt by the author to transcribe them. Another chapter is 46 pages of rambling interrogation that deals mostly with the locations of various bodies. Some chapters were only a couple pages long and in the course of additional researching, I found at least two erroneous comments made in the book. The verdict: suitable to be read at slumber parties if you?re out of good ghost stories.
Reviewed by?Heather Ortiz
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