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A review by april_does_feral_sometimes
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
1.0
Self-Indulgent
Whether Jim Thompson is writing about a smart serial killer ([b:Pop. 1280|19161888|Pop. 1280|Jim Thompson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403168198l/19161888._SX50_.jpg|1195573]) or not ('The Killer Inside Me') it seems to me always a vile novel pandering to the serial killer's point of view. It sucks a lot of readers into the con game. In Pop. 1280, it is "reader, you are loving this novel so you are as bad as me! Hehe!" This one is, "yes, I love to kill and hurt. Poor me. I need to be saved and cared for." Neither kind of psychopath would hesitate to indulge himself over and over given the chance.
A book club I belong to selected this which is why I read it.
Whether Jim Thompson is writing about a smart serial killer ([b:Pop. 1280|19161888|Pop. 1280|Jim Thompson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403168198l/19161888._SX50_.jpg|1195573]) or not ('The Killer Inside Me') it seems to me always a vile novel pandering to the serial killer's point of view. It sucks a lot of readers into the con game. In Pop. 1280, it is "reader, you are loving this novel so you are as bad as me! Hehe!" This one is, "yes, I love to kill and hurt. Poor me. I need to be saved and cared for." Neither kind of psychopath would hesitate to indulge himself over and over given the chance.
A book club I belong to selected this which is why I read it.