Many thanks to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson Books for gifting me a digital ARC of this true crime memoir by Kerri Rawson, daughter of self-proclaimed BTK serial killer. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 3.5 stars!
In 2005, Kerri Rawson was informed by an FBI agent that her father had been arrested for murdering ten people, including two children. It was then that she learned her father was the notorious serial killer known as BTK, a name he’d given himself that described the horrific way he committed his crimes: bind, torture, kill. As news of his capture spread, Wichita celebrated the end of a thirty-one-year nightmare. For Kerri and her family, another nightmare was beginning.
I feel for Kerri and her family. I believe that they didn't know that their father was a serial killer. I believe that they are victims of him as well. And that's what this book is about - the victimization of Kerri and her family and how they dealt with their trauma. I found it interesting to have Kerri look back and correlate what was happening in her family when her father was committing these brutal murders. Trust the title of this book and know that it is about her and her family and their trauma, rather than a true crime story of how he committed and got away with these murders for so long. We all know that story. There is a lot of religious conversation in this book, and that's how Kerri was able to cope. More power to her. This book may bring hope to those suffering from PTSD.
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