Una storia talmente assurda e allucinante da non poter che essere vera. E che lascia più domande che risposte. ( )

Much as I enjoy a good action-thriller film every once in a while I do not generally read crime fiction, or crime non-fiction for that matter. I have been a victim of crime more times than I care to discuss and I have very low regard for criminals. I mean really low. It was by accident that I was lured into this account of Jean-Claude Romand. Romand is no "romantic" criminal. Except for maybe Robin Hood, there are no romantic criminals for me. In the telling of this story there is a man with a great void in him. And stupidity. And cowardice. There is an emptiness of meaning. In some ways this story is a distillation of some of my greatest fears. My fears that I will some day let down my family. My fears that I myself am an empty vessel. At the same time it is a call to me not to be consumed by my fears, and not to let what little truth I know escape into the emptiness of space. ( )

Beautifully written true crime story about someone whose life is a void, defined wholly by lies. Absolutely amazing story lacked into a very short book. I listened to this on Audible and was transfixed. ( )

The blurb on the front of the book says "unputdownable". Hmm...maybe I've watched and read too much true crime. I found this to be pretty boring and ended up skimming ny way through, looking for the "good parts," which never materialized.

It is amazing though, the lies upon lies people will pile on to cover up stuff they've done and even more amazing how easily people believe the lies and don't question anything. ( )

Entre lo contemporáneo, lo mejor. Como un libro puede ser tan bueno tratando un tema tan ríspido. ( )