
An Unexplained Death
The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere
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Narrated by:
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Mikita Brottman
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By:
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Mikita Brottman
This program is read by the author. An Unexplained Death is an obsessive investigation into a mysterious death at the Belvedere - a once-grand hotel - and a poignant, gripping meditation on suicide and voyeurism.
“The poster is new. I notice it right away, taped to a utility pole. Beneath the word ‘Missing’, printed in a bold, high-impact font, are two sepia-toned photographs of a man dressed in a bow tie and tux.”
Most people would keep walking. Maybe they’d pay a bit closer attention to the local news that evening. Mikita Brottman spent 10 years sifting through the details of the missing man’s life and disappearance and his purported suicide by jumping from the roof of her own apartment building, the Belvedere.
As Brottman delves into the murky circumstances surrounding Rey Rivera’s death - which begins to look more and more like a murder - she contemplates the nature of and motives behind suicide and uncovers a haunting pattern of guests at the Belvedere, when it was still a historic hotel, taking their own lives on the premises. Finally, she fearlessly takes us to the edge of her own morbid curiosity and asks us to consider our own darker impulses and obsessions.
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Dull and many tangents
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Fascinating story and superb writing.
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This book is an obvious feat for all involved.
Perfect work!
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Unusual Style and very well written
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People who are reading this book hoping to get more facts on the death of Rey Rivera are probably going to feel gypped. The author doesn’t know anything much more than what is publicly available. And she did try to get more, and much of this book is about how she tried to get it.
What did emerge, slowly and very subtly - and perhaps unintentionally - is a picture of Rey Rivera as a man who wasn’t all that he appeared to be. He had his glory days as a potential Olympic star and water polo player. Those days were gone. He was handsome, superficially impressive and smart. But he wasn’t fitted for anything in terms of work and was terrible with money. He ended his life with a big debt, that his far more capable professional wife ended up paying.
Her conclusion is one I keep picking up and rejecting, but it’s possible. Other things are possible too, but if you use Occam’s Razor only a couple things make sense, based on the evidence the public has currently been provided. Anyone looking for a sinister conspiracy explanation needs to look elsewhere.
A Lot of Overthinking
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In-depth
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Really good info!
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Suicide
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Elements interrupted the flow and were often tedious, add on to that the authors penchant to create two dimensional characters and her obvious infatuation with the looks of the main subject and her political biases that were softly weaved in made it cumbersome. Not recommended
Cumbersome and tedious
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Hard to follow!!
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