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I have really enjoyed delving into True Crime books with my library‘s digital app. This was not my favorite though. Stewart‘s belief that his birth father was the Zodiac was an interesting perspective for the book, but it became very preachy, especially toward the end. The narrator of this particular audio book also sounded bored at normal pace, but really odd if I tried to speed it up.

I agree with what others have said in regards to this book. It‘s all very compelling but it seems also fantastic in some ways, putting a square peg in a round hole in some cases.

When learning the identity of his birth parents, Gary Stewart discovered a creepy, criminal birth father whom he became convinced was the Zodiac killer. This book is compellingly written and highly readable but very problematic. He fails to account for his own confirmation bias, does not acknowledge the use of some questionable forensic techniques, and presents the Zodiac murders as factually committed by his father, which is by no means proven.

Heavy on speculation and meaningless, random details and light on facts. And, oh man, the audiobook narration is pretty bad. The author speaks soooooo slllooooowly.

I just came back from camping in Kern County not so long ago and while I was up there, I managed to read a few books such as Gary Stewart‘s The Most Dangerous Animal of All. It‘s saddening and shocking to think that one person was outthinking basically all the people who were investigating his case and crimes

Hmmm. Still thinking about this one.

Fueling my serial killer interest! 🤓🤡 good so far.

Feeling down. Starting this book I found at the $1 store.

Some of my new Christmas additions 🎄🎁🎅🏻