I was instructed to read this book for a psychology class research paper on borderline personality disorder, and was quite disappointed. I'd never read anything by Ann Rule (and Andy Stack) before and hopefully never will again.

The subject matter was interesting... who doesn't like a good true crime murder mystery? Unfortunately, Rule's elementary writing style and tendency to ramble and repeat herself made the book drag on endlessly. It almost seemed like she was trying to unnecessarily pad the story at some points, as if she had a page number quota to meet. Perhaps Rule's goal was to be thorough, but I felt that all of the pointless details were distracting and disrupted the flow of the story.

I don't recommend Bitter Harvest. If I didn't have to write a paper on it, I would have stopped reading about 50 pages in. My only consolation after having read this book it is that, since my professor liked it so much, my research paper can be full of pointless filler and I'll probably get a good grade.



Recommended: Yes