Review: Disturbing and Fascinating
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2013
"I raped the love of my life."That is how this book starts. I would label that as one of the most disturbing and powerful opening lines ever. The disturbing doesn't end here. The protagonist is a serial killer who recreates the killing of "the love of his life" over and over again in search for ... whatever it is that serial killers want to feel when they kill someone in just the right way. I won't pretend to understand. I don't. And I find it super disturbing and creepy. The protagonist was creepy and obsessive and scary. Scary not just because he's a serial killer and is crazy enough to kill so many women, but scary also because he's so smart that he has gotten away with so many murders for so many years! That is terrifying. To me. And creepy. Cause serial killers are creepy. Especially the type who have specific requirements for their prey, who stalk them successfully, and then easily lure them to their ultimate demise.There are erotic elements in this story, however I would not label this as erotica. There is no romance. The erotic elements here are mostly disturbing and in the context of psycho serial killer murdering his victims. So, not exactly wanking material. Also, in case you haven't gotten the message, it was creepy. The key word here - creepy.I thought that the story was well written. I felt sufficiently disturbed and creeped out. I also felt torn at some points between wanting the protagonist (the psycho killer) to get caught or killed, yet also secretly wanting him to somehow redeem himself. It's pretty twisted. The ending left me conflicted. I won't tell you why, cause I don't want to spoil it. There were some parts of the story that confused me, but I think that some of it was by design.If you like creepy horror(ish) type mystery stories then this could be a great story for you. If you're looking for sexy erotica or romance, then don't touch this book, cause that's not what it's about.