Mary Brett

Disclaimer: I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

There are very few books you feel have duped you. This book is one of them. The USP of the book is "it writes what comes out of the mouth of the serial killer". However, disappointingly 80-90% of the killers didn't co-operate to the author's request. Surprisingly, one of the killer was very co operative and have actually provided the writer a 20 page thesis discussing why he did what he did. However, the author decides to not share it with us and gives us a very vague 2 line paragraph as his answer.

Moving on with the review, the chapters are short and crisp but lack personal warmth.
Since the chapters are short and the subject matter is interesting, you will sail through the chapters.

As the book progresses, we come across some killers who wanted to have further communication with the writer or who seemed to be irked by the author referring to them as killers.
But no proof was given by the author regarding how she circumvented the situation. This was something that irked me because I felt the author was not interested in getting the information.

The final point I want to pick up in this review is there is a chapter where the author gives a very strong opinion on death penalty. This is something I personally did not like. Mainly, because as an author who has undertaken a work which is based on neutrality to project the truth; such an opinionated chapter discredits her.

All in all, this book has disappointed me. It is a simple read and can be used as a coffee table book for someone who likes dark , morbid contents.… (mais)

Out of the Mouths of Serial Killers by Mary Brett is an interesting book to read. Brett contacted about 75 serial killers to get their reasoning of why they took the lives of many people. Only a few wrote back, but it was interesting to read what they had to say. The answers were scattered, some not admitting to be a killer at all, some told exactly what happened and some really didn’t give an answer at all. There were many that were deceased. Brett did an excellent job of researching each person and had all of the info about their life, early childhood, growing up, and the crimes they were convicted of and those that didn’t have enough evidence. There are quotes from most of them from different publications.

I am glad I read this book, knowing how some of these criminals felt at the time the murdered their victims. I wish there had been more direct letters to hear more from the actual serial killers. Letters were the most interesting part. All in all, I sometimes read true crime books and this is a good one, it is well written and extensive research was done in order to obtain all of the info in each book. If you enjoy stories such as this, I encourage you to try Mary Brett’s book.

A special thanks to the author/publisher for a copy of this book. I am not required to write a positive review, the opinions here are mine alone. I am disclosing this with my review in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.… (mais)

Out of the Mouths of Serial Killers is an interesting read. I found it to be brave for the author to have the nerve to write the most notorious killers in modern day American history. She wanted to find out why they would kill and asked them. The book is filled with their responses and correspondence with her. It is an interesting look at their personalities and what goes on or went on in their dark minds and in their very own words. The book, also includes other documents in the cases that help convict these murderers. Which include: interrogations, court testimonies, news outlet interviews, and hearings for parole. There are seventy five serial killers within the pages. The author gives a small biography on each one, as well as, a look at their list of crimes, crime scene photos, their unfortunate victims, how they were caught, and some facts about the cases. It is pretty obvious that the author did thorough research for this book. I was intrigued reading it.

I am going to give Out of the Mouths of Serial Killers four and a half stars. I recommend it for readers who are interested in reading about serial murderers and notorious criminals. I would be interested in what else the author, Mary Brett, has written or what she plans to release in the future.

I received a paperback copy of Out of the Mouths of Serial Killers from the publisher. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.… (mais)

This book gives an extensive look into several well known serial killers who are asked the question by the author in a letter she wrote to them asking "Why did you kill"? Most of them seemed to not want to answer the question because they were afraid she would make them look bad, but as a reader you have to wonder why they did not think this in the first place before they harmed someone? Quite a few denied any wrongdoing even with DNA evidence. An interesting fact the author shared was the FBI estimates that at any given time, between 50 to 100 serial killers are among us in public. This book is guaranteed to leave chills down your spine and makes any human being feel paranoid. Where most of these killer went after prostitutes, people who they did not think would be missed and gay men, some of them simply went after someone because they looked like the perfect target. I cringed reading how one couple would pick up girls from the local county fair, I used to show pigs at my county fair from a very young age. Yet another claimed it was to prevent an earthquake and yet another, because he says he saw evil in their eyes. Most serial killers shared very familiar characteristics, a broken home, an abusive parent and/or grandparent, enjoying harming animals, setting fires, unpopular in school and tormented because they were different, and quite a few of them were in the military or sent to reform school. The author did extensive research on her subjects because obviously not all of them were still alive, but she covered most of the worst serial killers in history. This is an intriguing read if you enjoy books on true crime. I received an advance review copy for free, and this is an honest review.… (mais)