by Matthew Dicks
Four stars just for the end, really.
I really loved it. Let's see if I can explain why because it is different. For most of the book, it's pretty slow paced and goes into excruciating(I know that sounds bad but it's not) detail about the main character's daily routine.I found this fascinating, but others may be turned off by it.I felt ...
As I was reading this book, I kept thinking to myself: here is a book that is detailing everything this guy is doing, step by step, and his entire thought process throughout. It is a novel that takes a moment to explain exactly how supermarket loyalty cards work. How is this interesting? Why did I k...
Definitely quirky, somewhat original, although a little boring at times. And then everything starts to change quickly -- out of character? But that's the point, once a certain sequence starts, a lot has to change. A quick read.
This is a book written from the POV of a man with OCD, so it's not surprisingly that it's a bit obsessively detailed. And while I love the fantastic premise -- a careful thief spends months and years researching, burglarizing and re-burglarizing his "clients" so they never even notice anything has b...
I thought the main character Martin was very thought out just like the items he steals from his “clients” a boxes of extra snacks here, a bar of soap there. Very funny to read and scary in some ways to think that someone could actually do this to me and I would not know. So the burglars life is r...
A career burglar with OCD, Martin is the most unusual criminal I have yet to read about. He only takes things people will not miss (barbecue sauce, a tomato, a cup of laundry detergent or a roll of toilet paper) so he can revisit the homes of his “clients” over a period of years. He gets to know t...
Through page 96 of 192, ie half-way done, and I am giving up. I don't like it. It immensely irritates me. The only thing one could possibly learn from this is how a person with OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Behavior - thinks. OK, I feel immensely sorry for the main protagonist Martin, but I do not want...
Martin is not your typical burglar. He only takes things that you wouldn't notice are missing. His OCD tendencies allow him to keep meticulous inventories of the houses he routinely visits. He steals things like extra tubes of toothpaste, drain cleaner and towels. He is so thorough that he forms...
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