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Post by novastar6 on Feb 24, 2017 6:12:24 GMT
Mindhunter
The Anatomy of Motive
The Cases that Haunt Us
Sexual Homicides
Obsession
Journey Into Darkness
Law and Disorder
Has anybody read any of his books?
I've read Anatomy of Motive, Journey into Darkness, Obsession, Mindhunter, The Cases that Haunt Us, and Broken Wings. In my opinion every home needs to have his books for reference, everybody needs to read them because it would give them some insight on what to look out for in some people and might save their lives.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 7:02:26 GMT
I've read Mindhunter, The Anatomy of Motive, Sexual Homicides, Obsession and Journey Into Darkness. Great books, very informative and very hard to put down. If you haven't already, you should also look into the books by Robert Ressler.
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Post by telegonus on Feb 24, 2017 9:35:31 GMT
Mindhunter The Anatomy of Motive The Cases that Haunt Us Sexual Homicides Obsession Journey Into Darkness Law and Disorder Has anybody read any of his books? I've read Anatomy of Motive, Journey into Darkness, Obsession, Mindhunter, The Cases that Haunt Us, and Broken Wings. In my opinion every home needs to have his books for reference, everybody needs to read them because it would give them some insight on what to look out for in some people and might save their lives. I've read many if not most of the titles you listed. John Douglas is a brilliant man and I've never read anything he wrote that wasn't first rate. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 15:54:05 GMT
I read Mindhunter recently. Grim reading I must admit, but fascinating. My respect for Douglas and the men and women in his profession went up starkly. It was unpleasant just reading this stuff, all the grisly details, the suffering. But actually living it, being steeped in it without any escape hatch like the reader does, that's a heavy cross to bear.
I remember Douglas saying he would even will himself to dream about the cases he was investigating because he didn't have time to sleep without still working and making the connections that could save lives. That takes a certain constitution and inevitably comes at a cost to your health, sanity and personal relationships.
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 24, 2017 15:57:49 GMT
I read Mindhunter recently. Grim reading I must admit, but fascinating. My respect for Douglas and the men and women in his profession went up starkly. It was unpleasant just reading this stuff, all the grisly details, the suffering. But actually living it, being steeped in it without any escape hatch like the reader does, that's a heavy cross to bear. I remember Douglas saying he would even will himself to dream about the cases he was investigating because he didn't have time to sleep without still working and making the connections that could save lives. That takes a certain constitution and inevitably comes at a cost to your health, sanity and personal relationships. Agreed. I told a friend of mine a little part of you dies when you read his books, especially the opening of Journey into Darkness, and as tempting as it is to say 'nobody should have to read about that', nobody should have to live or die it either, but they do, and nobody should have to look at this stuff all day every day, but John and the other FBI profilers do. So it's the least we can do to read about what they've seen and what they know, and appreciate what it's been like for them to work those cases for so many years and not be able to shut it off or walk away from it. |
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 24, 2017 17:18:04 GMT
I listened to the abridged audiobook of Mindhunter and it was itself a crime of poor editing. An atrocity. Such a fascinating story, seemingly brilliant man; what they chose to include at the cost of what they chose to disclude still boggles my mind. I can't recommend against it enough! Any word on the TV series? I didn't know there was a TV series. |
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Post by telegonus on Feb 24, 2017 18:10:38 GMT
I read Mindhunter recently. Grim reading I must admit, but fascinating. My respect for Douglas and the men and women in his profession went up starkly. It was unpleasant just reading this stuff, all the grisly details, the suffering. But actually living it, being steeped in it without any escape hatch like the reader does, that's a heavy cross to bear. I remember Douglas saying he would even will himself to dream about the cases he was investigating because he didn't have time to sleep without still working and making the connections that could save lives. That takes a certain constitution and inevitably comes at a cost to your health, sanity and personal relationships. Agreed. I told a friend of mine a little part of you dies when you read his books, especially the opening of Journey into Darkness, and as tempting as it is to say 'nobody should have to read about that', nobody should have to live or die it either, but they do, and nobody should have to look at this stuff all day every day, but John and the other FBI profilers do. So it's the least we can do to read about what they've seen and what they know, and appreciate what it's been like for them to work those cases for so many years and not be able to shut it off or walk away from it. John Douglas can be very grim, yet always fascinating. He doesn't just do his job, he takes it all in. I have great respect for the man. Cases That Haunt Us is somewhat easier to read. |
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 24, 2017 18:57:52 GMT
Agreed. I told a friend of mine a little part of you dies when you read his books, especially the opening of Journey into Darkness, and as tempting as it is to say 'nobody should have to read about that', nobody should have to live or die it either, but they do, and nobody should have to look at this stuff all day every day, but John and the other FBI profilers do. So it's the least we can do to read about what they've seen and what they know, and appreciate what it's been like for them to work those cases for so many years and not be able to shut it off or walk away from it. John Douglas can be very grim, yet always fascinating. He doesn't just do his job, he takes it all in. I have great respect for the man. Cases That Haunt Us is somewhat easier to read. Yes it is. I've been reading that one for about a month, I just finished it. Ironic given how gruesome the crimes were. |
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Post by Bargle on Feb 25, 2017 19:38:04 GMT
I've read several of his. Always interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 4:01:21 GMT
MindhunterThe Anatomy of Motive The Cases that Haunt Us Sexual Homicides Obsession Journey Into Darkness Law and Disorder Has anybody read any of his books? I've read Anatomy of Motive, Journey into Darkness, Obsession, Mindhunter, The Cases that Haunt Us, and Broken Wings. In my opinion every home needs to have his books for reference, everybody needs to read them because it would give them some insight on what to look out for in some people and might save their lives. I read Mindhunter, which was a fascinating, horrifying and heartbreaking book. I didn't expect it to have such genuine moments of emotional depth and resonance. Despite that, or maybe because of it, I am not all that interested in reading it again, or more from him.
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Post by Morgana on Mar 22, 2019 7:46:58 GMT
Mindhunter The Anatomy of Motive The Cases that Haunt Us Sexual Homicides Obsession Journey Into Darkness Law and Disorder Has anybody read any of his books? I've read Anatomy of Motive, Journey into Darkness, Obsession, Mindhunter, The Cases that Haunt Us, and Broken Wings. In my opinion every home needs to have his books for reference, everybody needs to read them because it would give them some insight on what to look out for in some people and might save their lives. I've read Mindhunter and Journey into Darkness. They make for harrowing reading, but then not to read them means we are unaware of the darkness that is inside some people and their horrifying acts of violence.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Mar 22, 2019 12:47:05 GMT
I have read, Sexual Homicides, Mindhunter and The Cases that Haunt Us. Very interesting and insightful. I love reading them.
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