Review: Spectacular Climactic volume of lustmord
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2013
Here we are at the climax. This entire volume from start to finish is one long climax and I have to say that it is definitely opposite of anti-climatic. It does not fail to make your heart beat fast as you watch Biggs abandon all caution and throwing everything to the wind...tries to build his body count before what he suspects is the inevitable end of his self-built hell on Earth. I was on edge begging one of his final victims to finally turn the tables on him, but will they have the courage or will Biggs' controlling, conniving ways continue to paralyze them even as Biggs struggles to save his own future.I have a slight beef honestly because as much as I know Biggs deserves every bit of what the author dreamed up for him, I was still dreaming of what the 'rescue posse' would do if they were to get their hands on him.  I was hoping and cheering them on at each page turn that they would catch up with Biggs and slowly rip him apart with his own devices....possibly even getting the one or two survivors a chance at revenge?  Even so, at every turn the body count rose in more gruesome ways as Biggs was not about to be 'a quitter' as he phrased it while his own little band of miscreants wreaked their own havoc as well. I was very glad Biggs got his comeuppance in the way it ended but won't reveal just how. I still just felt rushed at the end as if the author couldn't wait to have it all over with as quickly as possible (which I don't blame him for).In reading this series, I never anticipated the incredible detail and raw honesty the author provided.  I had initially thought, how bad could this be really after I've read and studied so much of the crime scenes and psychology of so many serial killers?  It was just as bad and at times even worse.  Read my other reviews and you will want to buy the entire series. It is definitely worth the read, but the warnings at the beginning of every volume should NOT be taken lightly.I'm giving this volume a 4-star again only because I wanted even more in this volume and I believe the author could have gone even further in this grand finale. However, by taking care of Biggs the way he did (won't create a spoiler here by describing) I feel cheated like a victim who had escaped would feel cheated - yet I have a sneaking suspicion that perhaps that is the feeling the author intends me to have. I wanted to throw down my tablet and stomp on it in irate frustration because I couldn't get at Biggs myself...if I had a book, I may have thrown it and jumped up and down on it.I commend the author as I'm sure this was a very difficult and long series to write having to delve into the deepest, darkest depths of this type of human mind. Bravo! Well done.