christinealspaugh 's review for:

Psycho by Robert Bloch

4.0

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I came into this story knowing the whole truth of Norman Bates from watching Hitchcock's adaptation of Psycho. That being said, the twist was not shocking to me since I was aware of it. However, if I were reading this with no prior information, it would have been such an amazing twist. This classic story helped fuel so many other horror characters and for that, I am thankful. I enjoyed the writing style, but it definitely read more as a short story than a full novel (which is completely fine). I do wish there would have been a little more back story written out. BUT this is why I love the show Bate's Motel so much!