Fatal Vision
by Signet

	Fatal Vision
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Book Description

I finished rereading Fatal Vision yesterday and it still packs a wallop 18 years after I first read it. What starts out as a by the numbers retelling of the investigation is enhanced by first hand recollections by the man who became the prime suspect in the murders of his wife and two daughters: Jeffrey MacDonald. At first those recollections seem like the warm nostalgia anyone has of a happy past, how Jeff and his wife met, the birth of their children, etc. MacDonald does come across as a bit self-enchanted but no more so than any other once-upon-a-time golden boy I've known personally. <br /> <br />Because much of what is presented are transcripts from the grand jury and Article 32 hearing, the reader gets a sense of both sides of the story. But McGinniss ended up believing that MacDonald was guilty of the murders and he tells the story in a way that builds to that conclusion. So we see the Kassabs become first disenchanted with their son-in-law and then come to believe in his guilt, for example. Along with that MacDonald's recollections become increasingly more shallow and more egocentric. More than anything, MacDonald is damned by his own, endless words. <br /> <br />I became convinced of MacDonald's guilt reading this book, mainly because of the physical evidence (the pajama top especially) but in part because of the sheer unbelievability of MacDonald's version of events. Having seen him interviewed several times since, I'm always struck how perfect he appears to be, eerily too perfect.

Reader Reviews

I'm huge fan of "true crime" Maybe because in some way, I get taken to a place I will hopefully never be, this book is no exception, even to this day it still haunts me, I think only of the victims in this story and every Feb 17th I pause and think about where this family might be today had they been given the chance to live, Most surley the girls would be married with lives of their own and would their brother who would have been around my age. I hope they've been resting in peace knowing their killer was caught.

From the first page to the last page, I wasn't able to put the book down, the movie actually did the book justice, not always easy for a true crime book to do.

I will never forget this book, ever.........