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3.0�toiles sur 5 Debbie a Victim?, Mai 3 2004

Par	"penelope4321" (USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Last Dance, Last Chance (Mass Market Paperback)

Well written and interesting...but the main "victim" Debbie, comes off more like an accomplice, than the Angel that Ms. Rule intended for her to appear like. So much rang false for me.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 Witness of the real story, Mars 2 2004

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This review is from: Last Dance, Last Chance (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this story, but more importantly I witnessed this story as it unfolded. As a friend of the family, I saw this devastating story firsthand. And while I think Ann Rule does a great job of telling "a story", a story is what it is. It is based on facts, but yet she only tells it from one point of view, Debbie Pignataro's. (Nevermind that Debbie was gratuitously compensated for these efforts.) She never seems to mention the equally physchotic and unstable nature of Debbie herself, the multiple times she attempted to commit sucide nor the fact that Anthony was never proven to have poisoned her (and while nobody but them knows the truth, it is possible that she again was trying to end her own life). There was no trial and his guilt was put forth as a result of an unusual deal given by the DA which evolved out of strange circumstances. If there was clear and convincing evidence, surely the DA would have went forth with the grandour of a trial and all the acclaims that would have followed. Nor does Ann mention the numerous times in which Debbie has spoken to Anthony since he has been in jail or the love that she still professes for him.
Buffalo is a small town and its circles of what Ann Rice calls "affluent" people are even smaller, a story like this is a new channels dream and a police departments's opportunity to shine. The truth is that there are doctors like Anthony everywhere, inadequately trained in a field, overly confident and unmonitored, even as a friend of the family, I will not disagree with those accusations. In a big city a story like this may have made the middle page of a local paper or a six second slot on the evening news, but here it was like a soap opera. And the drama countinues...
Read the book, enjoy the story, but remember that it is a story, written and crafted to entice the readers... it is not a equally sided factual account of what happened; for many of those answers we will never know. Anthony certainly has his faults and I can understand from reading this book, where they are maginifed, how readers may hate him... just remember "it takes one to know one" and Debbie is not who the book portrays her to be either.
In the end just remember these are real people with real families and while everyone is entitled to their opinions, just imagine if it had happened to your brother and his wife or even better your son/daughter and his/her family. Debbie and Anthony ruined their own lifes and that they were entitled to do, but just don't forget all the lives that were ruined on the sidelines... their two amazing kids, their parents and their friends and families. These people should never be critisized for their involvement because all they did was love and support them, which is what we would all hope for if ever we found ourselves in trouble.

If you are looking for a one-sided story, this book is for you. If you are looking for a truthful story that depicts a situation accurately keeping looking. If you are looking for a book to entertain you and you like "trash" reading, this may be for you!

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Pignataro=Death!!!!!!, D�c 21 2003

Par	Edward Saint-Ivan author of The Black Knights God (Tampa, Fl. USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Last Dance, Last Chance (Mass Market Paperback)

Pignataro is one of the most evil, twisted, souls ever to emerge from the pits of hell!
I was blown away by Ann Rule's description of Pignataro's relentless pursuit of a medical education, total disregard for his patients, and deep desire to exact revenge against his enemies.
As the son of a retired medical school Dean, I met my share of Pignataros. What drives theese people to offshore medical schools, endless years of post-graduate training, and usually an unfulfilling career is beyond me!
The book does have one flaw. Ann Rule doesn't express outrage that Pignataro was prosecuted for criminal nigligence.
If every cosmetic surgeon had to hire an anesthesiologist to put patients asleep, cosmetic surgery would be unaffordable.
Clearly, Pignataro should have had a working EKG and shock machine in case of an emergency and Sarah Smith was overmedicated but I don't understand how that creates the conditions for a criminal nigligence case.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 More Than Just A Quack-This Man Was a Killer!
When I read this book, I will have to say that it scared me a little that a so-called doctor would be that incompetent! Dr. Read more

Publi� le Oct. 27 2003 par J. Kirkman

3.0�toiles sur 5 not typical ann rule fare
not typical ann rule fare (the intended victim still lives), but she remains a good story-teller. i read this book in a fraction of the time it takes me to read most other books... Read more

Publi� le Oct. 2 2003 par G. Haws

3.0�toiles sur 5 thinking of cosmetic surgery? read this book!
'Last Dance, Last Chance" is yet another of Ann Rule's collection of true crime stories, dominated by one major story followed by several smaller ones. Read more

Publi� le Sep 5 2003 par lazza

4.0�toiles sur 5 Edie from Pennsylvania
I enjoy reading true crime stories and Ann Rule is always a winner. For this book, though, I tend to agree with A Reader From Buffalo about his description of Dr. Read more

Publi� le Sep 2 2003

5.0�toiles sur 5 Ann Rules!!
I really enjoyed this book. It made a long journey across Canada in airplane go a lot faster. It definitely saved the day, as I had an eight hour journey! Read more

Publi� le Ao� 4 2003 par Renee Parsons

3.0�toiles sur 5 A bender with the dance macabre
Reading this was part of yet another true crime bender of mine. The thing about Ann Rule is she's got good stories and a big heart so it gets to us in a way we can digest as... Read more

Publi� le Ao� 1 2003 par Charles Slovenski

1.0�toiles sur 5 Painful to read
I tried an Ann Rule book (this one) based on friends' recommendations - I enjoy books about true crime. This is possibly the worst book I've ever read. Read more

Publi� le Juil 26 2003

4.0�toiles sur 5 Fascinating...to a point
The first 200 or so pages of the Anthony Pignataro story are well written, and very, very interesting. In last 100 plus pages the story seems to get bogged down, as if Ms. Read more

Publi� le Juil 5 2003 par Danny's Mom

3.0�toiles sur 5 Descent into madness
In her latest book, Ann Rule tells about Dr. Anthony Pignataro, a failed doctor with a flashy red Lamborghini who turns to plastic surgery to try and make a living. Read more

Publi� le Jui 18 2003 par A. Vegan

5.0�toiles sur 5 Inside the mind of a sociopath...
Ann Rule has penned a real-life monster story with "Last Dance, Last Chance." Here she tells the story of Doctor Anthony Pignataro, the son of a prominent Buffalo, NY surgeon, who... Read more

Publi� le Jui 12 2003 par jmk444

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