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4.0 out of 5 stars
I didn't like this book., October 18, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Extreme Evil: Kids Killing Kids (Paperback)
Bob Larson is a college drop-out who has made a lucrative career out of fraudulently passing himself off as an "expert" in whatever happens to be hot at the time. His only conceivable expertise in abnormal psychology could comes from the years he spent as a patient in psychotherapy; in other words, he has absolutely zero expertise -- and even less insight -- into what could drive a Michael Carneal or a Dylan Klebold to pull the trigger. But Amazon.com doesn't want you to know that, because they's much rather have you buy Bob Larson's utterly worthless book and feel ripped off at your leisure.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Unheard Side of School Shootings, October 3, 2002
This review is from: Extreme Evil: Kids Killing Kids (Paperback)
In this book I first found the author to be very much an expert in this field. He lived very close to Columbine and was able to take a short drive there to be one of the first persons on the scene. He didn't flash around a big TV camera trying to sell advertising time, he immediately went to the kids asking them what happened, what they knew about those involved, and why it happened. He reports on the things that he found...the things the news and media would never dare say...he found the truth. But this book isn't just about Columbine, it's a compilation of all the major and most of the other unheard of school shootings. Mr. Larson has documented in this book everything from a list of the times and places of these school shootings, to a profile of the lives of those who commited these unspeakable crimes. He then brings together all of the similarities of these incidents to find the "why's." He uses his findings to make a 'profile' of a school shooter and gives lists of warning signs that were evident in the school shootings of the past. Does it work? Are his findings sound and true? Well, the proof of the book, is in the book. While this book was being written, Mr. Larson predicted in the book the profile of the next school shooter: everything from his background and homelife, to how and why he would act. Before he could finish his book though, it happened...another school shooting. Mr. Larson's predictions were 100% correct! Do you have children, know children, or know someone who works with teens or young people? Buy this book for yourself and for them. I gave a copy of this book to the superintendent of our school district mainly because of the warning signs that are clearly outlined in it. I hate to read, but this book stuck in my hands until I finished it. I was absoloutely captivated by the findings in the book: the important things that no one else has reported on. I got the book for [$] and it was some of the best money I ever spent!
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
The only extreme evil here is on the part of the author, October 19, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Extreme Evil: Kids Killing Kids (Paperback)
Bob larson stupes to a new low exploiting the deaths of teenagers in an attempt to sell books. Clearly the man doesn't care if his ideas are accurate or not. It's sad that he doesn't really care about those he exploits.
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