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A review by ingo_lembcke
I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells
3.0
Started January, 7th 2013 (Yesterday deep in the night, 00:15 am or so). Interesting idea and setting.
Now that the great reveal is done, I must say: arghhh!!! Bad, very bad surprise.
Before I buy a book, even from someone I have not read before, I make a point not to read about it (too much) as not to spoil it. Well, that did not work here, total backfire. Nothing against the genre, but when I want to buy a book about a serial killer, I do not expect a genre change as this one.
Fair warning to every would-be buyer: try to find out what this book is really about, so you know what you are getting into when reading it. As it is not very long, and I am now 65% finished, I will finish it, and I will make it soon, as I have hopefully better books to read soon.
Depending on the ending I might give more stars. So far for a good idea and a bad twist I would say 2.
And if it stays that way it will be the last book I buy from this writer for the foreseeable future.
Finished just now. WIthout spoiling it, it is not advisable to read this as a "Dexter"-like book about an adolescent Serial Killer in development.
That was a letdown.
The ending was ok, with a nice showdown, but after that it was too cuddly-mushy.
As stated before, I will not read another book by that writer anytime soon.
For the the thought-process growing up of John I give 4 stars, but for the reveal-twist and a predictable ending that is far too much, that part would warrant 2 stars - that would also mean no recommendation! So I settle for 3 stars, but before spending money on it or waste time, I suggest to find out, what this book really is about. Clearly it is not bad, but I wanted something different and based that only on the title, so I am partly to blame myself for this disappointment.
Now that the great reveal is done, I must say: arghhh!!! Bad, very bad surprise.
Before I buy a book, even from someone I have not read before, I make a point not to read about it (too much) as not to spoil it. Well, that did not work here, total backfire. Nothing against the genre, but when I want to buy a book about a serial killer, I do not expect a genre change as this one.
Fair warning to every would-be buyer: try to find out what this book is really about, so you know what you are getting into when reading it. As it is not very long, and I am now 65% finished, I will finish it, and I will make it soon, as I have hopefully better books to read soon.
Depending on the ending I might give more stars. So far for a good idea and a bad twist I would say 2.
And if it stays that way it will be the last book I buy from this writer for the foreseeable future.
Finished just now. WIthout spoiling it, it is not advisable to read this as a "Dexter"-like book about an adolescent Serial Killer in development.
That was a letdown.
The ending was ok, with a nice showdown, but after that it was too cuddly-mushy.
As stated before, I will not read another book by that writer anytime soon.
For the the thought-process growing up of John I give 4 stars, but for the reveal-twist and a predictable ending that is far too much, that part would warrant 2 stars - that would also mean no recommendation! So I settle for 3 stars, but before spending money on it or waste time, I suggest to find out, what this book really is about. Clearly it is not bad, but I wanted something different and based that only on the title, so I am partly to blame myself for this disappointment.