Review: Dark and fun
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2013
As others have said, this is a very short story that will either greatly disturb someone or provide a dark but fun experience. As someone that's read books like Cannibal Killers and watches shows like The Following and Dexter, I think it's fairly obvious why I picked this up.It's a short read, only getting to 52 pages on my Nook. But it's chock full of content, not only chronicling our main character (I can't really call him a protagonist, can I?) and his murders but the inner workings of his mind as well. I can't really say that I felt bad for his victims, considering they all seemed to be the kind of people that weren't really benefiting society in any way. The way our main character killed them was actually pretty nice, which I realize sounds absolutely crazy to say. They die after experiencing pleasure.One thing I had a hard time with was our character's conflicting views of himself. He sees himself as godlike and above all others, who he considers lowly life forms. Yet he constantly calls himself a monster. I won't claim to be an expert in at all, but I've taken a couple sociology classes and I thought the mindset of sociopaths and the like was that they were above all others and believed themselves to be supreme. That doesn't fit with calling yourself a monster.Aside from that though, it's definitely a dark and strangely interesting read. Perhaps a good yearly read right around Halloween time, just to get in the mood?