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Massacre in Milwaukee

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Decent book. Not too many irrelevant & boring details. However, i am not sure if my copy was like that, but i have never read a book before written in such bad English. Bad English meaning grammar, luck of punctuation throughout the book, incomplete words. That was really strange and a big turn off.

I really wanted to read a book on Jeffrey Dahmer and this was one of the few available publications. Though it is very informative, it loses a little because of poor editing. I don't normally catch things like that, but this book had enough that it was noticeable. One problem was the work "had" was replaced by "bad" in many places throughout the book. I guess they did a spell check, but no one ever proof read the manuscript. The other problem is that the book is obviously a rush job to get on the market first. The bad cut and past photos they worked into the middle of the book are grainy and terrible looking. Also the story was written well before Dahmer meets his end in prison. It would have been nice to get that part in the book. Maybe there will be a revised edition one day. This is a decent history of Dahmer, but it is not perfect.

This book as far as I know was onw of the first written about the Jeffrey Dahmer case. The copy I got is a reissue that contains a few typos and such...(I wouldn't have their secretary review my work for typos)...but altogether, a very good read.
Unlike alot of biographies that become a long, boring monologue about the subject, this one captivated me from the beginning, and kept me reading by not dragging on too long about mundane things. Now, just to let everyone know, I have most of the books and other publishings written about Jeffrey Dahmer, so the mere fact that I am scoring this so high says alot.
The only down side to this book is the fact that it was written so early, before alot of the interviews were conducted with Jeffrey Dahmer, and before alot of information came to light. Most of the information is second and third party information, unlike other books that were written by people who were originally at the scene, but it still reads like it could have been written by someone who had first hand knowledge of the case.
All in all, I would recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the case, both casual readers, and forensic enthusiasts alike.

Of the two books that I've read about Jeffrey Dahmer, the other being "An American Nightmare", "Massacre in Milwaukee" contains the most detail. Such as how Dahmer lived his life in the weeks and months leading up to his arrest, excerpts of visits he had with his parole officer, childhood classmates, Oxford Apartment residents and alot of minor details such as the exchange between a cab driver and Dahmer when asked about a certain 57 gallon barrel he had just bought, and words from one of Dahmer's neighbors when he heard the whine of a power saw and Dahmer yelling at someone who didn't respond back. The only problems I had with this book is that it ends shortly after his arrest and confession. There are many spelling errors and new paragraphs that begin in mid sentence. Even the first chapter, which takes it's title after Dahmer's apartment number 213, is titled "The Devil in 913". The 8 pages of black and white photos are alright but have the quality of pictures from a newspaper. Other than that I would have given "Massacre in Milwaukee" five stars.