What I'm Reading

Been in a bit of a reading rut recently so I was surprised that I finished this French translated true crime in just one afternoon. Just now in fact. I was reminded of this Netflix documentary I just saw--super interesting--called An American Murder. And at the end they say more than 60% or some shockingly high number of children killed by their parents are killed by their fathers. And then I started to think about this other book by Helen Dunmore about the trial of this man also arrested for killing his children. The Adversary is about the same sort of guy, Jean Claude, who just ups and kills his entire family one day: wife, children, parents. And then his whole web of lies starts to collapse. Made me think about our fascination with killers, why do we want to keep poking at them and figuring out why they do it? It also made me think about lies and why humans tell them. Fascinating book but left me a little unsatisfied, which I can't explain to you without spoilers so go ahead and read it yourself! #truecrime #emmanuelcarrère #bookstagram #mrmbookclub #120in2020