In true Athan form this was yet another exciting and gruesome venture into the darkest cess pools of humanity. Flew threw this one and am always riveted by graphic horror.
However, this book was too far off the rails of reality for me to buy into. A serial killer being let out to chase another serial killing duo? And let out by the warden of a top security penitentiary at the request of the lead homicide detective? I was left wondering who was worse - the serial killers or the detective with a passion to even the score? Innocents were slaughtered because of this decision and I cannot fathom this ever being allowed in real life. The serial killers could at least be excused as being severely mentally ill. Harvey Skinner (lead detective) seems he needs a serious mental health evaluation too. He hated the reporters questions with venom because they made him question his actions. I say he is just as scary as the serial killers he hunted. Very disturbing....horror kindle-unlimited7 s Uptown Horror Reviews185 160

Very fun read with all sorts of serial killer on serial killer violence. If you're able to overlook certain aspects of the story not making much sense you'll have a great time reading this one.splatterpunk superhuman-horror6 s LucWhatIRead6 5

The Good, the Bad, and the Sadistic

"He was a ruthless killer, a man without emotion, but he never thought he would ever consider killing a man over breakfast. A lack of waffles could make any psychopath snap."

I think there are enough on this book already that will warn and advise any potential readers of the extreme details that this book depicts when it comes to violence. Now with that out of the way let me be very clear that while this book ranged anywhere from 3 to 5 stars throughout the read, I can say with far more certainty that I can highly recommend this book if you can stomach extreme crime thriller/horrors these and enjoy this gut-punching genre.

The best way to explain if you would be a fan of this book, or author (to which I am now a new one of), is a basis of if you've ever seen a well known movie among K-movie fans,"I Saw the Devil" , and if you d it or hated it. If it’s the former, read on, if the latter, I hate to see you go. From the onset to the end, I kept thinking to myself that this book REALLY seemed to have a feel that the movie had and sure enough, at the end of the book the author referenced this movie as one of the inspirations for the story. AND he considers the movie one of his all-time favorites to which I can relate as one of my all-time fave foreign movies.

If you follow where I am going here, you'll see I've become a fan.

Even with my rating for this book it was not without its faults. I compare the main characters in this book to those in a movie. Any time they were featured the book shined and I became enthralled and wanted to keep going to the next page. Every time, however, the supporting cast (the law for example) were featured, it became a bit b-movieish and almost cheesy.

I did appreciate the author chiming in at the end and thanking his readers for their support and providing more details about the book. While he didn't have to justify some of the more "compelling scenes" in the book to this guy, his explanations made it even more of a great post-read book for me. I think there is Hollywood "violence" in books and then there is this kind, the brutal and more detailed kind. For me, it brings the reader to another level. One where cringing is just the appetizer to what is to come and if deciding if bodily reactions to words in a book matter on if that book should be read by you or not.

One can just be a fan of violence and gore and details that and they will enjoy this quick and "easy" read. HOWEVER, anyone who is on the fence on reading this book or not because almost every review has discussed the violence as the only predicating factor to the story, should NOT let that incorrect assumption deter them, because there is a ton of depth to this story. You have a love story wrapped into a crime novel wrapped into an action movie wrapped into a good cop doing bad things for the "greater good" scenario wrapped into voicing todays issues with our society wrapped into so much more.

As I mentioned earlier, I went from 3 to 5 stars throughout this book. Ultimately, I settled with the below final ratings and I really didn't have to torment over it either. It deserved it and the fact that I haven't read a book in a very long time that was an easy score this one all but means this author has an official new fanboy and both his past and hopefully future books will be devoured by me so long as our obvious connection in interests/s is as similar as it was displayed in this book.

*Goodreads Score: 4 Stars
*LucWhatIRead Score (1-100): 80

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Ich glaube fast die Extrem Novellen sind langsam nichts mehr für mich
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