Indefensible: The Missing Truth about Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, and Making a Murderer in Obsessed with True Crime

Nov 23, 2016 Blaine Pardoe added it

I was seduced into reading this book, not because I had watched the Netflix Documentary (if that’s what it can be called) but by the hope to cut through some of the hype and get to facts. Michael Griesbach’s book does that – though it takes a long road to get there.

As a true crime author I carefully watched the chatter/buzz about the Making of a Murderer documentary. What I took note of was the gross omissions that many claimed the producers made. In fairness, I’ve only seen snippets of the docu ...more

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Sep 14, 2020 Jenn rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2020-cover-to-cover

It’s been a few years since Making a Murderer was all people were talking about. I recall binge watching this documentary and having all the feels while doing so. I felt at the time that Steven Avery was guilty (although I couldn’t specifically tell you why) and that Brendan Dassy has been railroaded into making a confession. Over the years, my opinions on Brendan changed. Was that based on my realization that this docuseries was completely one sided (as they all tend to be) and that I’d like to ...more

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Nov 03, 2016 Nichole (DirrtyH) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, 2016, true-crime, nonfiction

Ok, so this book is poorly written. It's all over the freaking place. The first large chunk is just the author talking about watching the documentary. It's repetitive. It's highly biased. There's, like, an entire chapter of him whining about the Amazon reviews of his first book. It's really ridiculous.

But honestly, you need to read it.

There is a lot of information provided in this book that gives a more well-rounded view of the case. It's clear that the Netflix documentary was extremely prejudic ...more

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Mar 21, 2020 T. rated it really liked it

I'm convinced. I watched 'Making a Murderer' over a feverish few days when it was released, and I kind of clung to the idea that maybe Avery was innocent.

No more.

Griesbach's detailed account of "exculpatory" evidence from the documentary and how it was manipulated confirms my more recent suspicion that Avery is, indeed, guilty.

Some other reviewers were troubled by Griesbach's narration of events and his written account of his bonafides, but I didn't find that part problematic.

I'd recommend 'Inde ...more

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