If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer by The Goldman Family
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Book Reviews of If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer
Book Review: A Distortion of Events - but a picture nonetheless
Summary: 5 Stars
We all know the murder and we all know the aftermath. Not guilty by reason of a perfect storm of events. In some eyes it is a justice in and of itself. In others, it shows just how badly things can get derailed. Regardless, it is an event that fed the nation of notions and it kept overlooking just why things like this are interesting - because they have very serious outcomes.
Some part of me feels like this is a ghoulish spectacle that I have helped push somewhat, with my eyes finding their way here since. The only thing that makes it any better, and this is not really that much, is the fact that the family of Ron Goldman owns the rights to this book. While it is not the easiest thing to explain here, the Civil suit did give the Goldman family a lot of stuff and this book is there. On the back it states that the book was given to the family in 2007 with the understanding that it would be published like a confession of deeds. And so it was. From the onset of Simpson's life with Nicole Brown to the murder of her and her partner, it goes through it all. The only word that does not accept blame is the "if" in the title.
When looking at this, you have some things that O.J. obviously wants to show in good favor. He says how he was a good husband and a good father, citing how he never took anything that his wife did as damaging. He lost his temper, sure, but he never hurt anyone on purpose. Even the reports of spousal abuse were wrong - if Nicole were alive she would scoff at all of this. He was a great person, after all, and he only loved his wife a bit too much. Sure, things got out of hand but it was a series of things that caused it. The hurt that came when she wanted to leave suddenly. The feeling he had when she did not want him back. The feelings he had when he thought they would get back. The way it felt when he saw his wife with another man the first time through the windows. The hand on the knife and the blackness inside the moment as he lost it to a lesser man trying to pull some karate (explicit word) on him. (his details).
O.J. has something here and, in a lot of ways, it is odd because it is hypnotic. You know the way things happen and you fill in some things, knowing that O.J. will of course - make himself look better. The snub is that he often does not do that. In fact, he makes himself look awful in places and it doesn't seem to matter. To me this is why it edesrves a chilling 5/5 because it consumed almost everyone and, in a lot of ways, it points to that moment in time.
Even now people feel a specific way and, reading this, you wonder if you felt the right or wrong way. He says a lot here and, even if a piece of it is correct, it is a noose. Luckily the money that comes from it is not his.
Book Review: IF I READ IT!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I never wanted to read it. I swore I never would. He would get NO attention from me! He gives himself enough attention as it is. This has been the biggest miscarriage of justice I have seen in my lifetime! This is how I felt.
Then one day recently I was watching Dr Phil. There was Fred and Kim Goldman. I had watched when they were on Oprah and people were hating on them for wanting to get this thing published. There was a battle between the Goldmans and the Browns about the whole issue.
This time I felt different. Here they were again. Years later and they were still fighting for their lost son. They never seem to give up this fight against this poor excuse of a man. There is Ron, whose life was wasted, and there is the killer, whose life is a waste.
I gave this book five stars because I WANT YOU TO READ IT! I want you to understand why it has to be sold. Why the Goldmans HAVE TO do this.
Trust me, you'll get nauseous, you'll feel anger, bitterness, resentment and sorrow.
Trust me, when he is telling his "story" you'll hear over and over again how he was a great husband, ex-husband, father, friend, lover, athlete and, if you read between the lines you'll hear him tell you how he was a great murderer. He also tells you how screwed up Nicole was, how she slept around, did drugs, was a bad influence on his kids('but she was a great mother'), how she had a real bad temper, how she was the abuser in the relationship, how he gave her a wonderful life, and on and on. Over and over again in his own words, you can hear how wonderful he is and how she messed it all up for them. The only thing I don't think I heard him repeat while telling his story was the word "hypothetical". He said it one time. Right before he describes what HE DID that night. Reading his story was just plain sickening to me. I had to keep putting it down because I was angry. He even goes so far as to say that the painstaking Bronco ride took less than an hour. This guy is so full of it and lives in a world of his own. I feel sorry for anyone who enters that world.
But the rest of this book explains so much about why it must be sold and purchased by all of us. I truly understand why the Browns feel the way they do about this book. But really it only confirms that he is an idiot. As far as it hurting the family and the children, the killer did that already in the worse possible way and that bell cannot be un-rung.
Sell the book and let them reap some of the benefits. He certainly isn't now nor has he in the past, ever put their best interest first.
Book Review: I DID it! (not "IF I Did It") Such a page-turner!
Summary: 5 Stars
If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer
I read this book and I couldn't believe how good it was. It simply, in my opinion, is OJ admitting that he did in fact commit this crime, and also HOW he committed it, down to the tiniest detail. There's no 2 ways of seeing it, in my eyes. I always knew, like the rest of the world, that he was guilty as hell, and now I know it and it's because of his own admission in a twisted, scared to come right-out and say-it, kind of way! This author did a good job interviewing Simpson, and getting him to basically admit what he did that night in Brentwood. I am very glad that the Goldman family took over this project like they did, however they had to come about it; they deserve owning title to this book, as maybe they will recap some of their legal loss. The Brown family chose not to partake; to each their own. I'm just glad OJ doesn't own rites to this book! How dare he make a dime off of Nicole and Ron's deaths. This is another excellent True Crime book that goes in my library! And of course, NOW - since OJ screwed up again - in Vegas this time, not Cali, he is certainly where he belongs, but it sure took long enough!!! I say karma is alive and well.
Book Review: Sociopath and narcissist abuser - a must read for women
Summary: 5 Stars
You are invited into the mind of a sociopath and narcissist. The insanity of his reasoning makes it so hard to put down. How can someone really think this way? He truly feels he is innocent, and feels he should be excused as if his actions are somehow justified. Nicole seems a true victim of a possessive, controlling, abusive relationship, where it is hell to stay in, but emotionally trapped in and unable to tear herself away. What is so sad is that at the point where it seems she is starting to break free, he takes her life. I found it horrifying to read as I once was in an abusive relationship before, and realized while reading this how close I was to a possible similar ending. Any women out there with a possessive, controlling partner needs to read this. It will explain how someone can justify in their head hitting and abusing you, and will make you want to run, run, run.Book Review: If I did it.
Summary: 5 Stars
My heart goes out the Goldman family. The Goldman's prelude to the book helped me to understand what they had been going through. Their story should have been more publicized. Ron was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
I have read several books by different people, from Faye Resnick to Mark Furman. Nicole was no saint but she did not deserve to die so brutally. After reading what O. J. Simpson wrote, it confirmed what I had thought all along. He is a Narcissist and a Sociopath and he is guilty of this horrible double homicide. It is a shame that he got away with this.