
Beautifully Cruel
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Jonathan Yen
Iowa housewife Tracey Pittman Roberts seemed to have it all: natural beauty, three loving children, and a fairy-tale second marriage to a wealthy, handsome businessman. But beneath the happy façade was a woman who used lies, manipulation, sex, ugly allegations, blackmail - and even murder - to serve her own selfish ends.
On December 12, 2001, police rushed to Tracey's home after a shooting left her vulnerable young neighbor dead. Tracey claimed it was an act of self-defense. Nine gunshot wounds - and a decades-long trail of extortion, fabrication, fraud, and intimidation - said otherwise. Ten years after the crime, Tracey's case finally went to trial in an explosive courtroom showdown. In a searing exploration of the criminal mind, best-selling investigative journalist M. William Phelps traces the saga of a psychopath who hid in plain sight - until her wicked ways caught up with her.
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The narrator did a great job with the material and I would definitely listen to more of his work.
Overall, not bad but definitely not good.
Not bad...
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Difficult to follow
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Another amazing UNBIASED/FACTUAL masterpiece
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Excellent!
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My other gripe about this book is Jonathan Yen's narration. He's a beautiful narrator, except when it comes to women characters. He makes all of the women sound like total idiots, which is absolutely aggravating.
Best of all, though, the epilogue where the author goes into detail about correspondence with the convicted criminal's mother gives great insight into the whole family dynamic that Tracy lived in and thrived on. It was absolutely mind-blowing and very worth listening to.
A startling departure for M. William Phelps
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Feel sorry for her son
Not her mother she is brainwashed too
She is where she belongs
Book was well done
Narrator takes getting used to he switches voices “conversationally” which can take a little getting used to
Overall well done
Insane manipulation and murder
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Reminiscent of Ann Rule
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Could’ve been better
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The only thing I really *REALLY* did not enjoy was the narrator. Every single time he read a sentence in quotes he would change to a higher, falsetto voice. It was very distracting and annoying. The worst part is when he would read ONE WORD in that falsetto voice and then instantly switch back to his own.
Listen to it, you’ll see what I mean.
Overall Enjoyable
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Phelps tends to structure his books in a nonlinear manner and this one follows this horrible woman 's story, juggling three separate time periods in her life simultaneously. It's not for everyone, but I'm fine with it, I am a bit biased; I've grown used to his style given 'm on a Phelps binge. Plus I've loved true crime since I was waaay to young to , i.e. I was following the Bundy case as it happened. (I was 12).
So this is a good, well researched true crime story in Phelps's non-linear approach to writing, that is until the arrest and trial happens. With the upbeat delivery by the narrator however, reading the book would be a better than listening to it.
Narrator does not fit the subject matter!
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