The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer

I would highly recommend this book. Although at some parts I felt the book was the authors own shrine to dahmer, finishing the book I applaud the author. N cannot get any more disappointed nor more disgusted by the justice system. But this book is a great deep insight into the mind of Dahmer and his personality. Without any vulgarity or sensationalism. All my respect to the author.

This is only the second true crime book which I have read, the first was by Ann Rule, and she has avery different style of writing to masters. That said, I thoroughly enjoyed this account of Jeffrey Dahmer's crimes. I thought it brought more attention to why he did it, exploring many other killers in the last few chapters, whilst also describing each crime and giving the victims personalities which the documentaries I had watched failed to do. This made everything feel much more real and not just a story that you heard on the news. If you wanted a very detailed insight into the crimes, this is not the book since it only went into the necessary details, but it covered everything nonetheless. I very much recommend this, and I will be reading more of his books in the future

I bought this book having read a hand full of the true crime books by Anne Rule. While I rather enjoyed Anne Rules writing style and story telling that gave equal weight to the victims for me, this was a much better approach to sharing, discussing and telling of the horrors of a serial killer than anything by the great Ms. Rule.It seems odd to say that I really liked a book with such a traumatizing story to tell, but the rigorous research, the balancing of evidence and the authors desire to give an accurate and balanced account of the crimes is exemplary.While it would have been easy to demonize Dahmer for his crimes, the author instead attempts (and succeeds) to paint a complete picture of not just Dahmer, but the society in which he lived and how it failed him, just as he failed to fit in to it. The author does this with a both a level of detachment where necessary, but also with a compassion and empathy for the victims and Dahmer himself.The crimes were horrific, the victims are given all the care and respect the author can offer and yet the book feels as professional and honest exploration of an incredibly difficult and sensitive topic as possible.One of the best pieces of investigative journalism I've read.

Brian Masters is a master of true crime. He avoids sensationalism and makes an almost impossible journey into the mind and the actions of human beings at their most extreme and disturbing. Once you start a book like this, you'll forget almost everything else until you've finished it.

A good book and interesting from the point of someone witnessing the trial. Masters did a lot of research and you did get an insight into the life and childhood of Dahmer from an early age.My only criticism is that Masters seemed to criticise the participants of the trial and exact his own opinions over people as if they were fact. I did not buy this book to read what Masters thinks is truth or not, I bought it as a piece of research and one where I could create my own opinions after reading. He also seemed to think he was some kind of expert psychologist, which he is not. It is ok to disagree with the opinions of the expert witnesses of the trials but do not do so in a way that says "They're wrong and I'm right". It just came across as unprofessional and arrogant.Apart from that this was a good book and I'm glad I read it.