Review: Dark depravity, lunacy and abject psychosis of degeneracy- Be Warned.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2013
This is the third volume of a series of six books. If you are a consistent reader of true crime, criminal psychology and horror novels as I am, this book is right up your alley.  I have read quite a lot of twisted horror, reading and studying I'd say all of the serial killers from both US and Europe over the years and with extreme horror being one of my favorite genres that it is extremely hard to shock or gross me out.  What I've found is that many fictional so-called "horror" novelists never take it to the depravity of the real thing for obvious reasons, but for readers like me, we are often left sorely disappointed; Not so with this novel.This author delved into the true rawness of the serial killer's depravity head first from the beginning through the end and did not come up for air.  The detail of description of the action, the emotional reactions and the world around both the victims and the perpetrators for me was above the average 'horror' writer.  The only point that lagged a bit for me was at the start but I understand that was necessary in setting up the scene and relationships.  The wait did pay off as the author showed the investment of each character in their specific relationships he had established at the beginning. Plot structure overall was well done although I was not used to the way he constructed many of his sentences...on the short side.  However, there's nothing wrong with that.I can't say I 'enjoyed' the read because I would have to be an extremely twisted individual to enjoy what he described in detail.  However, I can say that it kept me engrossed through the end. I read this in about one night because I wanted to keep turning the page to see where he would take the victims next in the funhouse of horrors.This actually reminded me a bit of the darkness, lunacy and the abject psychosis of degeneracy in the original "Texas Chain-Saw Massacre" , the old-school Rob Zombie, "House of 1000 Corpses" and its sequel "Devil's Rejects".  These horrors are relentlessly nasty, psychotic and bizarre so if those films are not for you, this book is most definitely NOT for you. Read it at your own peril. I give it a 4-star simply because I was not puking in a bucket or having nightmares, but that is just me- besides I rarely give 5-stars for anything. It definitely earned this star though as I am a tough critic.