Adnan's Story Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Rabia Chaudry
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
177

Adnan's Story by Rabia Chaudry Book Summary

After more than twenty years in prison, Adnan Syed’s murder conviction was overturned, and he was finally set free. Rabia Chaudry’s New York Times bestseller and award-winner Adnan’s Story reveals how the case was mishandled and became the subject of Sarah Koenig’s Peabody Award-winning podcast Serial.

In early 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted and sentenced to life plus thirty years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, a high school senior in Baltimore, Maryland. Syed has maintained his innocence, and Rabia Chaudry, a family friend, has always believed him. By 2013, after almost all appeals had been exhausted, Rabia contacted Sarah Koenig, a producer at This American Life, in hopes of finding a journalist who could shed light on Adnan’s story. In 2014, Koenig's investigation turned into Serial, a Peabody Award-winning podcast with more than 500 million international listeners.

But Serial did not tell the whole story. In this compelling narrative, Rabia Chaudry presents key evidence that she maintains dismantles the State’s case: a potential new suspect, forensics indicating Hae was killed and kept somewhere for almost half a day, and documentation withheld by the State that destroys the cell phone evidence—among many other points—and she shows how fans of Serial joined a crowd-sourced investigation into a case riddled with errors and strange twists. Featuring information about Adnan’s life in prison, and weaving in his personal reflections with never-before-seen letters, Rabia’s account is “a true story about real people. Adnan’s Story adds context and humanizes it in a way that could change how you think about the case and about Serial itself” (Los Angeles Times).

“Chaudry’s clear, vivid and highly readable account of the case will bring the story to life for readers unfamiliar with the podcast, and even the most devoted Serial fans will find fresh insight and a vast amount of new material. Chaudry’s legal training serves her well as she marshals her defense, but so too does the Pakistani heritage and Muslim faith she shares with Syed.” —Washington Post

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Book Name Adnan's Story
Genre Biographies & Memoirs
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Language English
E-Book Size 18.05 MB

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#FreeAdnan. I can't wait to read it. It's going be amazing. #FreeAdnan ✊

Loved this book!. Amazing way to tell the real truth of Adnan Syed.

ANYONE BUT ADNAN DID IT. Rabia Chaudry has written a book about the Adnan Syed case that has striking similarities to any JFK assassination conspiracy thriller ever written. Facts are bent and distorted in an effort to cast blame for the murder of Hae Min Lee onto someone else ... anyone other than Adnan Syed. Ms Chaudry uses convoluted and implausible theories in an effort to remove Adnan Syed from this murder. Unfortunately for Ms Chaudry, it is just as impossible to remove Adnan Syed from the murder of Hae Min Lee as it is to remove Lee Harvey Oswald from the murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Ms Chaudy has no hesitation in naming an alternate suspect ... even though the named person was thoroughly investigated by the police and prosecutor and determined to have a solid alibi for the time of the murder. Ms Chaudry does not stop at simply accusing her new favorite suspect. She also drags his certainly innocent mother and her significant other into the mix. This kind of finger pointing is dangerous, irresponsible, transparent and self-serving to say the least. Ms Chaudry tells us that at one time she had a different favorite suspect ... the person who testified against Mr Syed and admitted to helping him bury the body of Ms Lee. When Ms Chaudry and her crew of podcasters began to realize that a guilty Jay could not exist without a guilty Adnan, they switched their story to demonize the Baltimore Police Department and the District Attorney of Maryland ... inventing the most outlandish conspiracy theories imaginable ... all to convict a seventeen year old high school student of murder. While this tome is utterly useless in determining the truth behind the murder of Hae Min Lee, a number of interesting facts do emerge. The book is full of passages that encourage reading between the lines. Beginning on page 205, we learn the story of how Adnan became a married man in prison. We are told that Adnan was able to save a lot of money while incarcerated by providing certain questionable services to his fellow inmates, including providing "contraband" and "medicine" to them. Adnan was able to save up a dowry of $10,000 to offer his new bride. In spite of the generous and unusual dowry, we learn that when Adnan was later transferred to a maximum security prison, he became a divorced man. Ms Chaudry also publishes a letter Adnan sent to Sarah Koenig prior to the inception of "Serial". Those of us who listened to "Serial" will surely remember the effort to determine whether there was a pay phone at the Woodlawn Best Buy and / or its exact location. Strangely enough all that speculation could have been settled long before the recording of "Serial" ever commenced. On page two of the referenced letter, under sub-heading four, Adnan writes: " And then I walk into the Best Buy lobby and call Jay Wilds and tell him to come meet me there?" Sarah Koenig could have saved herself the trouble. Adnan had already confirmed that there was a pay phone in the lobby of the Best Buy a year before "Serial" ever aired. Ultimately Ms Koenig did confirm that location for the telephone. There are many other interesting tidbits like these if you would like to read this book to uncover them. However, if you are reading this book to learn the truth about the murder of Hae Min Lee, don't bother. This book is very much like an autobiography. You will only read what the author wants you to believe. In the end, it is hard to determine the exact purpose of this book. Ms Chaudry spends a lot of space alleging that Mr Syed was targeted, prosecuted and convicted purely due to his faith. Readers everywhere will agree that religious discrimination is absolutely wrong. However, it is equally narrow-minded to attribute a lawful arrest, prosecution and conviction to religious discrimination when there is absolutely no evidence of its existence in this case. Is Rabia Chaudry defending Adnan Syed? Or is she defending her culture?

Well written - not much new info. Having listened to Serial and Undisclosed, I thought this was a good summarization of both with some additional info. Overall, Rabia does a exceptional job telling the story. It was interesting to read about some of her personal struggles, and she definitely pleads Adnan's case vehemently with emotion that pours off the page.

Five stars! Must read!. Rabia does an excellent job at laying down all the facts and points of Adnan's case in terms an average person can understand. As someone who listened to both Serial and Undisclosed, I expected some parts of the book to be redundant, but to my surprise, I was obsessed from page one to the end, and I am sad that it is over! Great job Rabia! #freeAdnan

Stunning, shocking, loving and deeply emotional. I cannot do justice to the truth, beauty and integrity that is in this book in a review. It is one of the most powerful books I have ever read. You just simply need to read it. You will be forever moved and come to feel the incredible person who has sat in prison because of the injustices of our system, Adnan Syed. It is a gift we all need to read.

Patiently waiting. The 9th can't come soon enough. I can't wait to read!! 😁😁

Wonderful and insightful. Anyone following or even an introduction to Adnan's story. Rabia shows the underhanded dealings and wrong doing in this case

A story that needs to be heard. Everyone needs to hear his story. I highly recommend this read!!

The Search for Truth and Justce: Adnan's Story. A magnificently written emotional roller coaster from beginning to end. Great job!

God Bless Rabia. Rabia tells Adnan’s story with passion and most importantly truth. I have researched and listened to so many podcast about men and woman who are wrongfully convicted. It makes me sick, not only because of the lives lost by those convicted but knowing for every one person who shouldn’t be in prison there is another still out their preying on the innocent. Rabia does a fabulous job at being Adnan’s voice. I know one day soon we will be lining up to taste his baked goods. #freeadnan

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The Adnan's Story book written by Rabia Chaudry was published on 09 August 2016, Tuesday in the Biographies & Memoirs category. A total of 177 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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