Because of the book Dangerous Girls, I suddenly had to read the original story where it was based. How it was so interesting yet disturbing and so twisted. I wanted to know if it was also true to life. During the course of my reading there were parts that were really similar except for the ending.
This is the second memoir that got me hooked. It was so interesting to read the other side of the story from the news.
Amanda was a naive girl who made mistakes and stupid decisions. All the shit happened because she failed to realize the importance of having a lawyer. The language barrier, immaturity, confusion, perhaps drugs, clouded memory, intimidation, various reasons could also be blamed why she went to prison.
However, because of this book, we are able to understand her her. The book is aptly named for her story. We can assume she was tried by publicity, we can assume that she really is innocent and we can also assume that she is guilty. But what's important is that she was able to let her thoughts, her feelings, her actions be understood. She is a good writer I must say. I like her play of words and how she expressed herself and I must say that she is an interesting character. This book gave us a blow by blow account of her trial in her view and what she was thinking at that time.
This book is recommended to those who love true crime stories with legal battles and all that stuff.
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