Safety crimes vs The octopus: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Crime & criminology, True Crime
Safety crimes
Every year in the UK, hundreds of workers are killed just doing their jobs, thousands more die of illnesses caused by their work and tens of thousands suffer major injuries such as amputations, loss of sight, serious…
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The octopus
Writer Danny Casolaro was on the trail of the Octopus when he was found dead in a West Virginia hotel in 1991, becoming part of the most extraordinary political tale of the '90s. The slashes in his wrists were too deep…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
Scores by source
| Safety crimes | The octopus | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.7 (219) |
Reception
| Safety crimes | The octopus | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 219 |
| Editions | 5 | 5 |
| Citations | 10 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 901 |
| Reading it now | — | 69 |
| Written reviews | — | 10 |
| Pages | 253 | 229 |