Headline: Starkweather

by Earl Dyer

The story of Charles Starweather told by the reports & photographers that covered the story as it unfolded...

Genres: True Crime

186 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Sydney Rau]

Non-Fiction Book Review Headline: Starkweather
Earl Dyer

The authors writing style is more factual in the sense of getting information through but also telling it sequentially to portray a story to the reader.
As a reader I was definitely interested because of a lot of it happened in my hometown not too long ago which typically nothing too crazy really happens here.
The most interesting part of the book was the time period where they were still trying to catch Starkweather and Fugate. It was really interesting to see the amount of panic in the surrounding areas. The least exciting part was when they were in court with Caril later in her life because it just wasn’t too eventful to me.
The author used pretty basic language. He got the point across in words that anyone could pretty much understand.
The theme was kinda suspense because their was a lot of information leading up to when you truly find out what happened. Almost like putting together a puzzle.
The book made me think about how I would be if this happened right now in modern time instead of back then. Or how it would be to have witnessed it first hand.

[Sarah - All The Book Blog Names Are Taken · Rating 4 out of 5]

EDIT 2024: totally take this back. She was probably innocent.

++++++++++++++++++++

So disturbing and awful - especially her baby sister. But I'll never for a single moment believe Caril was a hostage. She maaaaaaybe didn't know her family was dead, MAYBE. But she could've gotten away multiple times. She deserved life in prison.

[Barb · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author relied almost entirely on full newspaper articles written at the time of these crimes and trials. This is truly a cautionary tale about the possible consequences of bullying. Terrifying, really.