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Monster: My True Story

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It seems that the author (and I'm not talking about Aileen here, since she didn't write this book, no matter what Berry-Dee is trying to convince you) has taken lots of newspaper clippings and put this book together in a quick way to make money. Although it's not badly written there is something missing. There is hardly any references to her childhood and very much about her being interviewed. Lots of stuff I believe is taken from Nick Broomfield's Aileen documentaries. It's an ok read and I'm glad I got this one from the library and didn't buy it!

You would be led to believe that this is the secret hide-away book Aileen herself wrote prior to death but NO! It's false advertisment IMO. It's written by Christoher Dee and used Aileen's quote's and interviews to write this book. Aileen herself had nothing to do with it. I recommend Sue Russels "Lethal Intent" and Michael Reynolds "Dead Ends". Both very informative and interesting books and much better written then Dee's. It seems we all will never really know what Lee's actual life and thoughts were but Lee herself....and since she's dead we will NEVER know.

ALL of Dee's books on killers are extracted from a few letters he may coax out of them, the rest is out of his own imagination and what he gleens from the newspapers and perhaps a court record. His choice to wait to publish this particular work until after her death shows he believes she has no estate to come after him. He did not know her, did not visit her, and misled her as to his intentions. Ghoulish to have waited for her death to publish and use her name.

Dee is a con man and one of the scams he does well is writing these 'true-crime fictions' and passing them off as the truth. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison in the UK by the Crown Court for his con games. He has been in and out of court for various scams and cons since his incarceration. This is verifiable via the archives of the Southern Echo (a UK Newspaper). What has been posted by him or his publisher here on Amazon is false hype. He is not a bona fide criminologist(no credentials and having been in prison himself does not make him any kind of expert on crime since he is continually being caught in the cons and scams he's tried since), his so-called Criminiology Research Centre is a vanity web site where he runs contests (if one pays) and one must pay to 'enter' it. Legitimate criminology web sites are free to users, and are usually sponsored by a University or Professional body.

Readers, save your money and read the newspapers or books by legitimate authors of the true crime genre who have done their research on the subject.

I actually met Corky Reid, who thought it strange, that Aileen Wuornos should take the rap for his death, when he was very much alive. Corky turned himself into the police and back to his family, very much alive and NOT THE EIGHTH VICTIM BY WUORNOS!
How could THIS so called WRITER state he is writing a TRUE STORY, plus from the mouth of Aileen Wuornos (who obviously knew she did not kill Corky Reid!) and have such a BLUNDER as this?! The book should be taken off the shelf, or retitled, in my opinion, as it is not truthful! PLUS, I have read all the BOOKS written about Aileen Wuornos and the only one that makes any REAL STATEMENTS is LETHAL INTENT by Sue Russell, who actually met the people she writes about and QUOTES THEM!

i purchased this book written by christopher berry dee,i was very very disappointed as it said on the cover aileen in her own words,there were the odd one or two quotes,as ive read sue russells book lethal intent,i could see alot of similarities in berry dee's book.as for the one of the main topics being corky reid,maybe he should have studied the case more,and not blamed aileen for his disapperance/murder,as he went into hiding to avoid large debts he had incurred.if you want a book given both sides of aileen i would not go for this book,i would purchase sue russells book

One would be led to believe that Aileen Wuornos wrote this book prior to her execution, however, it is a book written by Christopher Berry-Dee with some quotes in it by Wuornos.
It is a general overview of information already found in Sue Russel's book "Lethal Intent" with little new information to add.I felt as if I were rereading most of what I already knew.
I would suggest Russel's book instead as it has more detail and is better written.

I APPEAR IN THIS BOOK, BUT WHAT IS STATED ABOUT ME IS NOT TRUE; NOR DID THIS WRITER TRY TO VERIFY ANY TRUTH WITH ME.

AT FIRST BLUSH, IT ALSO APPEARS THIS WRITER SIMPLY COPIED "QUOTES" FROM COURT DOCUMENTS, AND PARROTED "THOSE" AS "AILEEN WUORNOS' WORDS"; AS I SEE STATEMENTS (SUPPOSEDLY OUT OF MS. WURONOS' MOUTH) THAT WERE TAKEN (OUT OF MY MOUTH) FROM MY LEGAL DEPOSITIONS!

TOO BAD THERE IS NO LEGAL RAMIFICATION FOR PLAGERISM FROM DEPOSITIONS, OR THIS WRITER WOULD BE OUT OF A JOB. AND, IN MY OPINION, DESERVINGLY SO, AS THE ONLY TRUTH IN THIS BOOK IS THE SPELLING OF THE AILEEN WUORNOS NAME.

JACKELYN GIROUX

Having read Sue Russell's account - which I found to be generally informative but lacking in spark - and now this recent addition to the Wournos story I would have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The scene with the poor old guy and Lee's abuse of him though of a serious nature did have me smiling a little. It is this unique blend of dark humour coupled with what is obviously very serious subject matter that makes this book more palatable overall. Yes she was a bad woman and I believe 'Monster' does not shy away from that fact. But there is also a certain humility at work here and the author has pulled this intriguing blend off flawlessly. Read 'Lethal Intent' by all means if you haven't already done so, but 'Monster' truly shines

This is an amazing story of a woman lead buy life circumstances to killing. It makes you wonder if there were other options for her if she had taken this path in life. Did she get justice??

awful writing, author could have tried a little harder to get this story to flow.