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Made it to 10% & completely bored. The narration imo falls flat & devoid of appropriate emotions. I was already getting feeling/impression that culpability would not be placed on BTK but everything/everyone else (although I could be wrong).

👎🏻Just not for me.

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🎧Gonna give this one a go🤞🏻

⭐️⭐️ BTK‘s daughter Kerri can shout it all she wants, but there‘s zero space for the forgiveness of serial killers. This forgiveness thread combined with her bizarre compulsion to tell people who her father is was very odd to me, as was her generally nonchalant attitude. Surely all of these things are coping mechanisms. IDK. I don‘t envy her experiences. Sadly, not a book I‘d recommend, though.

So. This book was not for me. Not really what I expected. (I should have known with “faith” in the title). I mean good for her that it helped her in her healing just … I just don‘t particularly like hearing prayers over and over. :(

Woke up in the middle of the night not feeling that well, so I decided to read this. I‘m on a true crime kick and this book offers a much different perspective than the usual. I just want to give this woman a hug and tell her it‘s not her fault. (Also, I feel much better now.)

This was written with little to no emotion. Yes, she‘s recounting the story of her learning about her dad being BTK and how she dealt with that. But it read robotic and at times as if she was writing a shopping list. As a memoir goes this is flat. As a true crime book it‘s lacking.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Thanks to #netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. A heartbreakingly raw and honest memoir by Kerri. We learn of just how idyllic and normal her childhood was. Her father like any dad could have bad mood days where you give them some space but overall she was very close with him and they shared a lot of loving times and memories together. As an adult she finds out her dad is the BTK serial killer her world is upended.

Can you imagine finding out your dad is a serial killer? Not the best written book but give her a pick. My #bookspin for October. @TheAromaofBooks #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick 16 pts

My #bookspin and #doublespin for October! Need to put together my #bookspinbingo board yet. @TheAromaofBooks

Wow!! This book was intense to say the least. I went into it thinking it was going to be her saying what an amazing man he was, how shocking & unbelievable it was that he could commit these murders, & how it didn‘t change how she felt about him. While it was those things a bit, it was also heartbreaking. I cried when she revealed how she found out & how it has impacted her life & the way people view her. Highly recommend!

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I‘ve been away from Litsy a bit. My world, like so many, has been topsy-turvy. I tend to retreat like a turtle in those times. It‘s time to come back though, I‘ve missed the connection with you all! 🥰

And I do recommend this #audiobook. It wasn‘t narrated by the author, which I never love with memoirs, but it was fascinating.

So boring. I just can‘t keep listening.

The BTK killings were always a case that I wanted to know more about, I remember weirdly reviewing the case a week before he got caught since it just has a pull for me. When I saw the audiobook was available for this one, I knew I had to check it out.

Going to try giving this one a read! I‘ve heard mixed things but I guess I‘ll see! My first day of my winter break and I can finally begin to read all the books piling up guilt free now! #truecrime #memoir #nonfiction #bibliophile

I really disliked this, a mediocre memoir at best, it was boring and disturbing at the same time. She writes about her family history like a grocery list. There is absolutely no emotion, not even when she adds a victim's name to the list. If you want a true crime book or insight into what living with a serial killer was like this is not your book. Thanks to #netgalley for providing an ebook for review.

If you‘re going to ruin a restaurant by eating there after you find out your dads a serial killer it may as well be Arby‘s 🤢

Impossible to read. Written as though it was written by a child. Should have been marked as a religious memoir not a true crime novel. #truecrime

Well this book was unsettling. On one hand, it was a surprisingly hopeful message from the author as she works to rebuild her life. Her story of faith plays a central role in the story.

On the other hand, reading about BTK and his crimes as she writes about coming to terms with the truth gave me nightmares. I have family in Wichita and watched the news as a middle school student when he was caught. Scary stuff.

Not what I thought it was going to be. Ho-hum account of BTK's daughter finding out her father is the the infamous serial killer. The details of her life were more about jobs, internal struggles, and past with her father, but no real deep details about their family. Not horrible but I wouldn't recommend for true crime fans.

I was really looking forward to this one. I started it yesterday, but something isn't working for me about this. I guess I failed to read the subtitle -- "My story of faith, love, and overcoming". Not as much true crime as memoir about the author's life (working at target, moving, etc.) that I don't really find compelling. ? I'm going to keep on trucking because Kerri has just been told her father is BTK, so the story may move quickly now.

Day One of #BFC (thank you for the hashtag @catebutler ) was a rude awakening!!! Im in TERRIBLE physical shape! Good Lord, I could barely breathe through the first 7 minutes of my 20 minute work out. I did slay the book portion of the challenge😂Finished the tagged memoir. It‘s quite the story & I felt for Kerri & her family but this book is not for true crime fans. It‘s more of a finding faith & healing memoir with a serial killer father.

This caused me to snort. In a letter written by Dennis Radar, the BTK serial killer, musing to his daughter that his brothers are not communicating with him. He finds that “not very Christian”. Dude, you strangled, brutalized and killed 10 people! Really, in my book that‘s #NotVeryChristian 😆 This book is interesting in some parts and very unnecessary in others.

Playing catch-up on my #NetGalley #ARCs Up next, true crime.

I love book mail! A friend sent out A Serial Killer‘s Daughter and Let Me Tell You and they just arrived today!

Busy Mama life and a horrible reading slump the last couple of months (though there have been a couple really good reads when I was able to consume some pages) have taken me away from Litsy most of the time... but this is my #CurrentRead. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.

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One day the FBI showed up at her door to inform Kerri Rawson that her father was the infamous BTK killer. #truecrime #bookworm #booknerd #bookaddict #bookaddiction #sundayread #snowyweather #snow

Kerri Rawson was living the life of American #dreams until she found herself in a living nightmare. Feb. of 2005, FBI agents knocked on her door and told her that her dad, Dennis Rader, had been arrested as BTK, a notorious Wichita serial killer that had been on the loose for 30 years. An interesting book, it veered too closely to a Christian memoir to really appeal to me but hers is an interesting perspective. #anglophileapril #netgalley

Monsters hide amongst us. #truecrime #booknerd #bookaddict #bookaddiction #crime #serialkillers #serialkiller #bookworm

The first third of the book was basically a normal girl w/ normal problems lives a normal life. It dragged a bit for me. Once Rawson got to the part where her dad was arrested, things picked up. It was sad to see how affected she was by what her father did and I think it‘s important to remember that the family of these killers are also victims.

Would recommend for fans of religious memoirs but not true crime fans.

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It was ok

Slow in the beginning but an interesting perspective. Can't even imagine having to find out that your dad is a sadistic serial killer.

A good reminder that loved ones of a killer who had no idea can also be victims & have a difficult time adjusting. She talks a lot about her faith, which was fine for the most part.

Not mind blowing but interesting. There isn't much detail about the murders or victims but that's understandable.

3⭐

This story does detail the gruesome and horrific murders carried out by the infamous BTK killer but it's also a story about a girl who discovers that the man she has loved and called dad is a monster that no one knew about. The book discusses elements of trauma that the family endured during the wake of the arrest and how they were left to pick up the mess their father left. It's an interesting read and a sad one at that. I gave this 3.5 🌟

This book was my first request from netgalley- I read BTK first, and it may have made this book less enjoyable. The author portrays the concept that her father was a good family, and they had a normal life together. But parts of her story contradict that statement, and I am confused by how it is handled. It is also written from a deeply Christian perspective- and I am not the targeted audience there. I am glad she found support and help but am

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What is it like to learn that your ordinary, loving father is a serial killer? Kerri Rawson writes an insightful and honest perspective of another side of her father, the BTK killer. I was happy to see a supportive husband and how he helped her to overcome her PTSD and gave her the courage to go on with her life. I found the book hard to put down and I would recommend it to those who love true crime stories.

Bravo Kerri Rawson. Thank you for sharing such a difficult and tragic piece of your life.

Good morning!! Although I wasn‘t able to join in #fridaynightbookclub yesterday (was out of town!), I‘m cuddled on the couch now to catch up on some reading! I LOVE this idea 💕
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A lot of true crime focuses on the victims, the victims' family and the crime itself...but what about the family of the criminal? This book, written by the daughter of BTK, gives us a look into what life is like as a child of a serial killer.
The first half is quite slow, focusing more on Kerri's childhood and her struggle finding faith, but it gets quite interesting and hard to put down.

All schools in my city (London, ON) are closed today due to the icy road conditions (including my private school which NEVER happens!!) I think I will spend the day reading this one. May even finish it 😁👌

I‘M NOT FREAKING OUT AT ALL.