Practically Perfect is a chilling reminder that the world isn't always rainbows and butterflies.

After reading a substantial amount of fiction (most notably contemporary romances), it's nice to clean my bibliophile palate by reading something brutal and preferably non-fiction. Hee. This was where Dale Brawn's Practically Perfect came in. It is a collection of real-life murder cases where the murderers initially evaded the law but made a mistake along the way, which became the cause of their arrest.

Truthfully, this isn't the first book I've read about serial killers and psychopaths as I have previously read Evil Serial Killers by Charlotte Greig and The World's Most Evil Psychopaths by John Marlowe. Let's just say that serial killers fascinate me so I when I had the chance to review this book, I did not hesitate to take the opportunity.

What I like about this book is that it didn't color the murder cases with intrigue or mystery, or suspense. It didn't dramatize the cases and claim them to be something they're not. All it stated were facts, which I really appreciate because this book is like a summary documentation of the many murder cases in the 1990s.

I'll have to admit that while the murder cases were intriguing, it became a little dragging by the middle of the book. I struggled to finish it, and the only reason why I finished reading the book is because of my fascination for murderers, psychopaths and serial killers. The reason why it got dragging is probably because the murder cases became repetitive.

On the plus side, this book is a great reference for murder cases. It highlighted common attributes of the murderers, summarized facts and detailed how the murders were committed.

Thanks Netgalley for a copy to read and review. This book has not been read or reviewed due to the length of time and it didn't appear on my kindle so I can't read it. Thanks for allowing the title.