A review by kittyanddolly
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson

2.0

A few pages in and I began to realize that this book wasn’t what I hoped it to be. This book is in the first-person perspective of a killer, Lou Ford, who offers to describe his motivations and feelings for what he does. However, perhaps this first-person perspective is where this book’s weakness lies in. The book is laden with conversations that is difficult for the reader to comprehend in terms of its context and is not elaborated by the author due to the first-person narration. Most of all, however, the book greatly disappoints in its attempt to offer intriguing insight of a killer. Why? Because no significant information is given. The killer constantly defends his callousness by simply stating that he “just has to do it”. No venturing into the psyche of the killer. Thus, Thompson fails deeply in allowing the reader to fully immerse into the killer’s character and leaves you simply wanting to just finish the book!