Somehow, [a:Ann Rule|9678|Ann Rule|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1492230915p2/9678.jpg] managed to take a fascinating story and make it one of the more tedious reads I've tackled this year. A bit of cohesion--and editing--would have gone a long way with this one, as tighter writing could have better presented Ted Bundy's charisma and personality from the unique perspective Rule had on him. Instead, we have a rambling series of events--some linear, some not--and a surfeit of details to sift through, with weak storytelling and a disappointing lack of insight.