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Story #74, which is another CPE review.

Prompt: A literary magazine has invited readers to submit reviews of non-fiction books. You decide to submit a review of a book that has influenced you greatly. Your review should briefly describe the book, explain what aspects of your life have changed after reading it, and assess the importance of non-fiction literature.

“To understand the ‘artist’, you must study his ‘art’,” says the FBI profiler, Special Agent John E. Douglas in his book “Mindhunter” where the ‘artist’ is a serial killer and ‘art’ is a homicide. A gruesome account of the US's seamiest underbelly, the book is a real gem for true crime lovers, with Douglas both a predator and prey. 

Ted Bandy, Zodiac and Charles Manson. Even people who are not into crime stories heard about them. What made those seemingly normal men tick, turning them into the most notorious criminals the USA has ever known? To understand this, the former FBI agent explains, as he takes us inside his chilling-to-the-bone narrative, you have to start thinking like a criminal. In letting us into the predators’ devilish plans, he spares the readers no detail – the goriest the better, the reader rejoices.  as we spiral down the madness path together with Douglas, we can clearly see that nobody emerges unscathed after such a journey - the strain profiling has on the family cannot go unnoticed.

For an amateur writer in my person, “Mindhunter” was the manual for creating an accurate portrait of a serial killer for the novel I have in the process. Not an easy read, the book demanded all my focus, but gave me a deep insight into serial killers’ motives and obsessions. It also proved effective to fathom what steered them wrongly. Can I recognize a serial killer in broad daylight now? No, I can’t. But can I tap into the knowledge I acquired to create a believable character for my own story? Yes, I believe so. 

Douglas’ book was my source of information as the topic I explored demanded serious research. Such books are based heavily on facts, hence being valuable assets in analyzing real-life events and memories of those who bore witnesses to them. This is also their - the victims’ - way of making meaning of what happened to them. Let their stories be told and remembered. Let them not perish into oblivion.

Hello mindhunter fans, apparently we have a SMALL chance of bringing MINDHUNTER back to netflix for a THIRD SEASON if we make noise about it ( acc to Asif Kapadia, who directed a couple episodes)

So internet do your thing.

Mindhunter is an intense, honest version of true crime. It's unsettling, fascinating,chilling and obsessive show that doesn't sensationalise the killers and their killings. They don't show gory imagery of disemboweled bodies. They describe gory imagery of disemboweled body and let us run wild with imagination. Obviously it has its moments of dramatisation that is required for entertainment but still I think the truest fans of crime genre will love this show. It should receive more attention and accolades.

The fact that Nancy can't see that her son needs help get me so angry! Like I know that must be difficult to accept that your son had participated in the murder, but he clearly needs profissional help, psychological help

SO PLEASE NANCY DON'T BE A BITCH AND TAKE YOUR SON TO THE THERAPY

"fuck you my child is perfectly fine" your child let other children kill his friend and then he suggested they put his body on a cross