Alphabet

A phenomenal first third of the book, but the quality eventually wanes around the midpoint of the book, as the author moves away from focusing on the improvement of a murderer into an investigation of alternative treatments for criminals. Towards the end of the third part of the book, there's a return to a more character-rehabilitation-driven focus, but by that point I had largely lost interest in the book.

A phenomenal first third of the book, but the quality eventually wanes around the midpoint of the book, as the author moves away from focusing on the improvement of a murderer into an investigation of alternative treatments for criminals. Towards the end of the third part of the book, there's a return to a more character-rehabilitation-driven focus, but by that point I had largely lost interest in the book.