A Sad Remembrance

For some reason, we seem to be drawn to the horror of crime, reading, watching or listening when stories are told of attacks, fraud or killings. John Wayne Gacy has received his share of press, and although this book tells the story of his heinous crimes, it uses a different vehicle in that it starts with the young men who were his victims. And there were a lot of them. Their stories are sensitively told, along with that of their families. It's a different perspective than one usually finds in this genre, and I appreciated it. However, there were so many victims that it was, frankly, hard to keep them all straight. Lots and lots of characters, many of whom were intertwined, made me finally just float over the narrative and not really worry about whether I knew exactly who they were or not. It didn't really matter. It's all just so sad.