Review: Disturbingly Entertaining
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2013
I don't believe creepy is an accurate word to describe this book. It's always fascinating for me to read books whose narrator gives us glimpse of how a serial killer's mind operates. I liken it to a car accident in which you shouldn't look, but you feel compelled to do so.This book is basically what it says it is: it's an insight into our narrator's inner workings and his thought process in his choosing of victims and what goes on his mind when he kills. It's fascinating because when you read his tale, he speaks as if he were a normal, average guy. As if what he's saying and doing isn't horrible.As I read through the book, it wasn't exactly his actions per se that horrified me although they were awful. When he talks about how he got to this point and his perspective, he sounds like a man who lost the love of his life. There were certain points in the book in which he sounds like a teenager who's trying to move on from this loss.It illustrated just that fine line between being the average person to crossing a boundary that you never go back from.And it's jarring how it can make you feel sympathy for him and for a second forget who/what he really is. Especially when he himself even acknowledges himself as a "monster" and how in his own way he's trying to protect other, his friends and family and new people he may meet, from himself. It's those moments when sounds like a sympathetic being that emphasizes his averageness. He doesn't sound like a psychotic serial killer. He's appears to be a guy you would hang out with. It's chilling how you can picture him being this ordinary guy on the street whom you may just pass by and not give a single thought to. There isn't anything that makes him standout. It reminds you of how close to real life it is.As disturbing as this book was, it was an engrossing read. Even if you feel sickened by what you read, there's just something about the story that grabs you. I knew what I was getting into when I got the book. It was interesting, well written, and it grabs your attention. Fortunately it wasn't a full length novel, but even if it was I would've still kept on reading. The only problem I would see with this is the ending may not be what people would like. But I felt like it was the kind of ending that fit for this book. If there's a second book then I would happily read it to see what happens.