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A review by kadota
Joe Victim by Paul Cleave
4.0
" Life moves on for everybody on the outside but inside these walls life feels like it's come to a standstill." ~Joe Middleton.
I have read about three books by Paul Cleave, and this is the fourth one yet, I would say I have become a great fan of Paul Cleave, I love how he just portrays his characters as dark and secretive as well as having a thinking that Christchurch is a shadow of death and misery no one can escape. All of his writings just keeps a person glued to the book, with a dash of humour and a whole lot of investigations, nothing seems to lag.
I would say I really didn't want to finish the book, firstly because I had no other Paul Cleave book left on my shelf, secondly it was really intriguing, and thirdly I was loving it without even reading the prequel, I was amazed by it... With every turn of the page, came a new twist, and this book for real won't let you complete any of your tasks...
In this book, he puts his main focus on Joe Middleton or best known as The Christchurch Carver. He is in prison waiting for his trial as he had murdered many innocent people. He believes that he didn't commit those horrendous crimes and is trying to convince others that he himself was a victim and not a guilty person. Alongwith his desire to kill further he is being the Optimistic Joe, who is focusing on the good for the mean time... Alongwith all of this going on in the prison cell, outside in the public there is an uproar to reintroduce the death penalty, and for this people think Joe would be the best choice to begin with. Will Joe make it to the death row or would he tackle it, that's a real question...
Also it reintroduces some previous killers like Melissa X, Caleb Cobe (from the laughterhouse).... It also revolves around the love story between Joe and Melissa...
Alongwith former detective Carl Schroder, who is now forced to do a job that he never wanted to do in the first place, is still involved in this case.
Plus with the story's frenzy and twists all of these characters conspire to give the best story full of twists and turns. And with Paul Cleave's profoundly impressive story-telling comes this novel of a serial killer awaiting his final verdict.
I have read about three books by Paul Cleave, and this is the fourth one yet, I would say I have become a great fan of Paul Cleave, I love how he just portrays his characters as dark and secretive as well as having a thinking that Christchurch is a shadow of death and misery no one can escape. All of his writings just keeps a person glued to the book, with a dash of humour and a whole lot of investigations, nothing seems to lag.
I would say I really didn't want to finish the book, firstly because I had no other Paul Cleave book left on my shelf, secondly it was really intriguing, and thirdly I was loving it without even reading the prequel, I was amazed by it... With every turn of the page, came a new twist, and this book for real won't let you complete any of your tasks...
In this book, he puts his main focus on Joe Middleton or best known as The Christchurch Carver. He is in prison waiting for his trial as he had murdered many innocent people. He believes that he didn't commit those horrendous crimes and is trying to convince others that he himself was a victim and not a guilty person. Alongwith his desire to kill further he is being the Optimistic Joe, who is focusing on the good for the mean time... Alongwith all of this going on in the prison cell, outside in the public there is an uproar to reintroduce the death penalty, and for this people think Joe would be the best choice to begin with. Will Joe make it to the death row or would he tackle it, that's a real question...
Also it reintroduces some previous killers like Melissa X, Caleb Cobe (from the laughterhouse).... It also revolves around the love story between Joe and Melissa...
Alongwith former detective Carl Schroder, who is now forced to do a job that he never wanted to do in the first place, is still involved in this case.
Plus with the story's frenzy and twists all of these characters conspire to give the best story full of twists and turns. And with Paul Cleave's profoundly impressive story-telling comes this novel of a serial killer awaiting his final verdict.