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Total and complete waste of time! Every story was gotten out of magazines or were newspaper articles which were poorly researched.
This was an enjoyable anthology of true crime stories that kept me entertained. There are thirteen different stories curated by Sarah Weinman. I also liked that at the end there’s a list of further articles and books suggested to read. I can vouch for some of them, as I’ve read them. I’m going to check out some of the rest as well. Advanced electronic review copy was provided by NetGalley, editor Sarah Weinman, and the publisher.
This started out by meandering into the category of the title description. By the half way point it was tangent interviews or vastly unrelated hearsay and second or third hand information. It is actually filled with misinformation about the specific cases and/or round about subjects she does chapter introduce. Literally nothing is told in a succinct, accurate or logically consecutive manner. Her opinion is also in some cases historically wrong. As is her historical or psychological context infor...
This is a collection of pieces, ranging from what we think of as “typical” (though they're quite wonderful) true crime, to more meta examinations of our fascination with the genre. Editor Sarah Weinman boldly addresses the problems inherent in ‘the true crime industrial complex’, and takes steps towards highlighting works that are stepping outside those bounds. “‘I am a girl now,’ Sage Smith Wrote. Then She Went Missing” by Emma Copley Eisenberg juxtaposes the system's response to a Black trans
I was looking forward to this "true crime anthology." Unfortunately, there are very few true crime stories, all of which have already been covered, with no real new information. Additionally, the author seems to use the book as a platform for her political beliefs, and in at least two of the chapters, she is criticizing law enforcement and basically accusing them of prejudice. She goes out of her way to tell a story about Homeland Security and how they illegally searched a woman. In a book about...
Sarah Weinman's latest project has been to gather together a collection of long-form journalism articles about crime. She has assembled some of the best non-fiction crime writing published today, from well-known crimes like the story of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blancharde, and the two girls who stabbed their friend to please Slenderman, to the story of the first woman shot by the sniper in the tower of the University of Texas in 1967, long before mass shootings became ordinary, and how an untested...
Unspeakable Acts is a collection of 13 true crime essays that have already appeared in a variety of places. The subject covers most modern day crimes as well as the influence on culture. It is great that the majority of the essays are by women and that the subject matter is simply more than woman as victim. Additionally, while there are essays about famous crimes such as the case of Dee Dee Blancharde, there are also essays that look at the effect of bullets on a body and the presence of racism
First, if you are a consumer of true crime narratives, you will absolutely have read some of these stories before. I was absolutely okay with that, because there was so much value added by the selection and flow of the organization—it’s a tasting menu of true crime. After reading the editor’s note I knew we were going to progress from the sensationalist and pulpy, through a critical look at why we enjoy true crime, and finally we would end with stories about the systemic problems of our culture
Unspeakable Acts is an anthology of 13 articles published surrounding the topic of true crime. The collection touches on everything from true crime cases to the reasons behind the recent popularity of them, to the intersection of crime and identity to the criminal justice system. Each of the pieces brought something new and unique, and while my enjoyment fluctuated from story to story (as is inevitable with short story collections). I overall found Unspeakable Acts to be a thought provoking, en...
Though true crime is still in the midst of a boom -- because the world is a nightmare -- anthologies like Best American Crime Writing have for some reason ceased publication. Journalist Sarah Weinman seeks to fill that gap with Unspeakable Acts -- and to my mind exceeds both expectations and the quality and ambition of those old series.Pretty much every essay in this collection is meaty, well-written, and thoughtful in its analysis. Not merely a grim or prurient reporting of nasty details, every...
Terrible.Social justice crap disguised as true crime. Of course the author fails to discuss how responsible, legal gun owners defend their families & save lives, and safeguard the balance of power between government & its citizens. Instead she focuses on a gun control narrative and the tragedies caused by flawed & often unstable human beings (not their weapons). Irresponsible analysis. Meh.
