ROSE WEST: The Making of a Monster

I've been fascinated with true crimes again. Well, I knew bits and pieces about Fred and Rose West since I read about them in the True Crime Library years ago and saw a documentary about them on YouTube. So I decided to read it. Surprisingly, I couldn't put this book down. I devoured it from beginni......more

Absorbing and sickening in equal amounts this biography and evaluation of the life of notorious killer Rose West is essential reading for anyone interested into the thinking and deranged mind of serial killers. The early years of Fred and Rose is a harrowing tale of constant physical and sexual abus......more

This is a fascinating book which doesn't concentrate so much on the horrendous crimes committed by Rose West but seeks to understand quite why this young woman became a killer. The first of the murders she was convicted of occurred when Rose was just 17 years old! Jane Carter Woodrow follows Rose's l......more

An easy read, but a little too much conjecture. The "probably this, possibly that, and so it seems" became a little tiresome. It was also repetitive at times. I only needed to be told once that Rose's family called her Rosie instead of Rosemary. Apart from that, it was a fascinating look at both Fred......more

This was an exceptionally good book. When you like True Crime, as I do--you always wonder what makes the person that commits such terrible acts tick. This book comes as close as you could get to ever answering that in this case since last I heard she still denies knowledge and responsibility of her......more