Review of Twisted But True

Elendu Ekechukwu · Post by **Elendu Ekechukwu** » 11 Oct 2021, 09:14

[Following is a volunteer review of "Twisted But True" by Darren Burch.]

4 out of 4 stars

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Not often do we get to read a story written by a policeman. Twisted But True by Darren Burch is a story that comprises Darren Burch experiences as a policeman. Though he didn't use the name of the culprits, I still consider it a memoir. The book contains 23 chapters and 232 pages.

Darren was raised by his single mother. He had three best friends, Ben, Rick and Keith, with whom he spent most of his teenage days with. On a fateful day, while returning from a party, an accident occurs; Darren and his friends are quick to react to the situation despite doing their best to save the victims; however, they lost two girls to the accident. During his high school days, he also met Bonnie, who worked in the same place as he did, they both got married after dating for some time. Bonnie later filed for a divorce after she felt the marriage was a mistake. According to her, she wasn't ready to get married, and she also wasn't ready for motherhood. Darren is left with the responsibility of looking after their son, DJ. Darren later became a sex crime detective after hearing what a rapist did to his grandma when she was young.

This book had my attention all through the day, it made me lazy to do anything else. The author did not only talk about crime victims, but he also made me see the dangers of being a policeman. After reading this book, I think that policemen do not get the respect they deserve. During his line of work as a policeman, Darren meets Bill and Jerri, his colleagues, and the trio works as a unit most of the time. I also learnt that most times we misunderstand white policemen; for instance, when he tried helping a criminal who got a muscle cramp, many passersby tagged it police brutality because they saw him hitting a handcuffed black man, but Darren was only trying to help the man out.

There was nothing to dislike about the book. If these stories were converted into series of movies, it would make people understand more about the police job. I have never had a near-death experience, I can only imagine what it feels like to know that you could die at any time in your line of work. I also saw Darren as a great dad to his son. I love how he did his job passionately. I felt bad when some of his friends died in the course of duty.

I'm rating this book 4 out of 4 stars. I found no error in the book. This shows that it was properly edited. I recommend this book to people who love crime-related stories and memoirs.

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