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I Am Not A Serial Killer - Dan Wells
I Am Not A Serial Killer
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John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it.He’s spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential.He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he’s written for himself,... show more
John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it.He’s spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential.He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he’s written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation.Dead bodies are normal to John. He likes them, actually. They don’t demand or expect the empathy he’s unable to offer. Perhaps that’s what gives him the objectivity to recognize that there’s something different about the body the police have just found behind the Wash-n-Dry Laundromat---and to appreciate what that difference means.Now, for the first time, John has to confront a danger outside himself, a threat he can’t control, a menace to everything and everyone he would love, if only he could.Dan Wells’s debut novel is the first volume of a trilogy that will keep you awake and then haunt your dreams.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780765322470 (0765322471)
ASIN: 0765322471
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
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Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it
4.0 I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells
John Wayne Cleaver thinks it's his fate to become a serial killer, and he's doing what he can to try to avoid it. He's attending his therapy sessions with Dr. Neblin, and he's made up all kinds of rules for himself, based on commonly recognized indicators that someone might become a serial killer. N...
Just Another Reader
Just Another Reader rated it
3.0 I Am Not A Serial Killer
I have to start with it. [spoiler] Why the paranormal!! Why!! I love paranormal/sci-fi/fantasy/etc. but I do also like reading books without it. It took away what would have been a great book otherwise. I still liked it, but I was expecting a serial killer v. serial killer. Not serial killer v. demo...
Darlene Marshall, author
Darlene Marshall, author rated it
4.0 I Am Not A Serial Killer
This was really good, gripping, and definitely made me want to read more in the series. It reminded me of the Dexter novels, but didn't have the comic patina of those books. Not for the faint of heart, but totally engrossing.
Ravings of a Book Junkie
Ravings of a Book Junkie rated it
5.0 I Am Not A Serial Killer
John Wayne Cleaver is 15 years old and lives with his single mom in an upstairs apartment above a mortuary. Diagnosed by his therapist with antisocial personality disorder Cleaver isn't able to empathize with people and fears he will someday become like one of the serial killers he has obsessed over...
Daffodil's Library
Daffodil's Library rated it
4.0
Much darker and more graphic than I expected a young adult/teen book to be, I still enjoyed I Am Not A Serial Killer. It's almost impossible not to draw comparisons between John Wayne Cleaver and Dexter. Both are atypical heroes, sociopaths with no understanding of emotion and determination to prot...
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