In what is, in my opinion, Ryan Green’s best work yet, the life and horrifying crimes of Charles Whitman are explored. From his childhood spent trying, yet never quite managing, to gain the approval of his domineering and abusive father to his service as a marine and, ultimately, to his time as a young husband and college student, the life of Charles Whitman was never what people were led to believe. The Whitman family made every effort to appear as the quintessential upper middle-class family to be admired and emulated but this was only a shiny façade concealing a dark truth. This fascinating book details the appalling physical and psychological abuse he endured which left permanent scars on his body and his mind. It chronicles both the remarkable achievements and the faltering steps that led a promising and intellectually gifted young man down a dark path of skewed reality, self-loathing, and desperation until he lost all concept of empathy and humanity. Such a vivid picture of his life is painted that it plays out in the mind as clearly as watching it on the big screen. The myriad factors contributing to Charles’ ultimate downward spiral are presented for consideration and, while it is impossible to be certain exactly what happens in the mind of a killer, Charles left many notes and clues which afforded reasonable and cogent conjecture into his thought processes concerning the murder of his beloved family and the UT Austin Tower shootings. This is an absolute must-read for all students of abnormal psychology and for anyone who enjoys the true crime genre.
I was provided with an advance copy of this book by the author but I also chose to purchase a copy and I am voluntarily offering my honest and unbiased review.
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