Un libro entretenido y de lectura rápida.
Un tema que trata de una práctica que ya lleva tiempo, creo que actualmente ya son pocos los que creen a ciegas lo que digan los medios de información, al menos eso quiero creer. La realidad es que están muy desprestigiado y sé sabe que son pretencioso$ e imparciales. El que cree actualmente en ellos lo quiere así por gusto y ya sabe de lo que se trata.
Si lo quisiéramos pasar a la actualidad (actualizar), ahora serían las redes sociales, como pueden destruir a una persona... que es un tema triste. ( )

3.5 stars ( )

A couple months ago, this little book was in my Little Free Library bag, headed off to one of our local LFLs. At the last minute, I decided to grab it out and give it a go since it is small and is on the 1001 book list. I read it in just a couple hours last night and was actually surprised that I found it to be "not so bad".

Originally written in German and subtitled, "How violence develops and where it can lead", the story is a perfect example of how the media can influence the direction of society. The story is very applicable in our age of fake news. I found myself more and more outraged as the case quickly built against her; although it did seem a little extreme that in just two and a half days of media smearing, she'd go from mild-mannered quiet person to a plotting murderess. Especially since she took the death of her mother pretty calmly. The few humorous parts are actually kind of shocking in the midst of what is actually a pretty stressful read!

There was crude language and themes throughout, but nothing that wouldn't be expected in a tale like this. The story ends abruptly and we have no idea how her trial turns out.

Reading this, I kept thinking of how the media destroyed Princess Diana's little family and eventually, her life. I don't know how accurate the story is to 1970s Germany or if the author was only postulating, but the story definitely fits our 2020 Western culture. ( )

The narrator presents the end at the beginning and then leaves the reader to put together the how and why and who all was involved bit by bit. A picture of the lethal effects of publicity. ( )

A brief case study of what can happen when an unscrupulous journalist decides to make what they can of a relatively insignificant case. This is why we have libel laws, I suppose. ( )