It is very sad that the author is now dead. Her story and her marriage to Patton Oswald and her challenges in preparing the story of a serial killer could legitimately be a good book or an interesting documentary. But this series is about two subjects - a terrifying rapist in the in 1970s is one story, and the trials and tribulations of the writer is a completely different story. The series spends way too much time making Michelle McNamara the center of the story. Each time the story stops being about the serial killer she is researching, it becomes a biography of Michelle. The writers must make a choice. Is this a biography or is it a documentary about a serial killer? Splitting the focus makes the documentary about The Golden State Killer seem amateurish and a ploy to aggrandize the writer. The series is lengthened by a garbage can of unrelated data about both subjects. Like many poor movies, the services of an excellent editor would have elevated this material.
Review of I'll Be Gone in the Dark
