A review by onceandfuturereads
The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes

dark informative slow-paced

2.0

I guess it's the book Billy approved of at one point, and I guess I'm glad the story is out there, but I can't say I loved or even liked this book. For one, I think it should have been structured differently, especially the three parts (ordered poorly) and the ways in which Billy is referred (sometimes it's just Billy and sometimes it's by his alters' names). It seemed like Keyes thought he was doing something really special here, but it just ended up missing the mark. Also, it felt misogynistic. I don't know if he really interviewed the victims for this work, but it certainly seemed like the women in the story were generally brushed off. It was also homophobic and fatphobic at points, and NOT just when Kevin or Phil were talking. 

I don't know - maybe a "non-fiction novel" is not my thing because it is so clearly sensationalized. It does make good points about how the media can affect court cases, so that was a interesting rabbit hole to go down. Overall, I liked the Tom Holland show a lot more. 

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