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1.0 out of 5 stars
Three things wrong with this book, September 3, 2006
This review is from: Baby Be Mine: The Shocking True Story of a Woman Who Murdered a Pregnant Mother to Steal Her Child (Mass Market Paperback)
First, it was published too soon. When I got to the end,I discovered the suspect in the case hasn't even had a trial yet. When I read a true crime book I want to know the conclusion of the case. Second, apparently there wasn't enough information for a whole book because the author had to resort to using numerous other unrelated cases as filler. And that is what makes the third thing wrong with this book. The author jumps around from case to case so much that it is distracting. I got a headache just trying to keep all the names, places and cases in order. If you still want to read this book; at least wait until they print an updated version after the trial is over. Then you will know how the story ends.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Poorly written offering of a tragic crime, October 27, 2007
This review is from: Baby Be Mine: The Shocking True Story of a Woman Who Murdered a Pregnant Mother to Steal Her Child (Mass Market Paperback)
Diane Fanning, in my opinion, should either return to penning novels or enter the news or magazine writing arena.
Most of her books appear to be written too soon and be woefully lacking in detail. I see people writing about her 'research' for this particular book; but I don't see the results in the book itself, at least with regard to this specific case.
The book includes more research on this 'type' of crime; which appears to be prevalent, but the seemingly endless detours into other cases, coupled with the lack of information about this specific tragedy, are very distracting to the reader trying to glean information about the crime committed by Lisa Montgomery against Bobbie Jo Stinnett and her family.
'Baby Be Mine' is an example of another incident becoming much too prevalent; rush-to-the-press, poorly-written, underdeveloped true-crime books that do not do justice to the victim's lives or to the genre.
Thankfully the outcome of the crime was completely just, even if this book was not. Montgomery was found guilty and given the death sentence by the jury. At least there will be legal justice for Bobbie Jo's memory and family. A better-written book would have included the trial and its outcome.
I would not recommend the purchase of this book as it leaves the reader entirely unsatisfied and feeling as though the entire exercise of the writing and reading was a waste of time. Bobbie Jo's story is not justly told in 'Baby Be Mine'.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Not enough for a whole book, September 12, 2008
This review is from: Baby Be Mine: The Shocking True Story of a Woman Who Murdered a Pregnant Mother to Steal Her Child (Mass Market Paperback)
While this book was interesting, I agree with the other reviewers who felt it was written too soon. If the author had waited for a trial, perhaps it wouldn't have been necessary to fill the book with pages upon pages of other unrelated crimes. While the "bully of Skidmore" story is interesting, it really has nothing to do with this case. Likewise, the death/disappearance of Bobbi Jo's relatives don't have anything to do with this case. All of the paragraphs detailing other women who had babies cut from their wombs, while at least similar to this case, really seemed to be added just to fill up space to make enough pages for a whole book.
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