Such a good boy: How a pampered son's greed led to murder [Hardcover]

Lisa Hobbs Birnie (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 268 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan of Canada; 1st Canadian Edition edition (1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0771591535
• ISBN-13: 978-0771591532
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,460,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling, Truthful account of a power hungry boy, April 22, 2001

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sirslaughterstein (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Such a good boy: How a pampered son's greed led to murder (Hardcover)

This true-crime book is about 18 year-old Darren Huenemann, and his struggles to come to grips with reality. It explains his diabolical scheme to off his mother and his wealthy grandmother to get his inheritance early. It gives insight into Darren's thought pattern and his deepening interest in Albert Camus's brilliant play Caligula, and how he tries to emulate the tyrannical Roman Emperor in his day to day life. Darren's irresistable and manipulative personality lures in two outcasts, Derik Lord and David Muir, who Darren manipulates to commit the grizzly murders. The book gives extensive information on the backgrounds of Doris Leatherbarrow and Sharon Huenemann, the two victims. Overall "Such a Good Boy" is a thrilling and flawlessly written book and I highly recommend it and its movie counterpart, Scorn.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hate it when the movie turns out to be better than the book, January 17, 2005

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Mary Nears "hermit crab" (Texas Coast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Such a good boy: How a pampered son's greed led to murder (Hardcover)

I am totally disappointed in this book. It's really bad when the movie seems to give you more insight than the book on the same subject. Like so many "true crime" books, it does nothing but depend a lot on court transcripts and second-hand interviews. The author did not try. The author did not dig. The author did not seem that interested in his subject.

1.0 out of 5 stars lies and half truths, June 15, 2011

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Elouise - See all my reviews

This review is from: Such a good boy: How a pampered son's greed led to murder (Hardcover)

This book was written without true knowledge of the facts and circumstances surrounding the case. It contains suppositions, half truths, misconceptions, and outright lies. The author would not look into other facts we gave her. She relied on interviews of people who had nothing to do with the investigation, but ignored those who were. The movie, Scorn, is even farther from the truth. It does not even come close to portraying an accurate idea of the events. Not even close! What a waste of money!