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Mr. Monster (John Cleaver, #2)
by Dan Wells (Goodreads Author)
by Dan Wells (Goodreads Author)
I could sit here all night typing about this book. It blew my mind in ways I could never have anticipated. It was smart--downright brilliant even. I can't fathom the amount of thought and thorough understand that went into making this story.
It follows up with teenage sociopath John Cleaver, who in book 1 was desperately trying not to become a serial killer. He was obsessed with death, and his family runs the town mortuary, and he studied serial killers because of how interesting they were. He also put rules into place to keep himself from getting too close to the edge of his sanity.
Then, when a paranormal monster demon thing comes to John's town, he has to let out his dangerous side in order to kill the thing. He's the only one who can, and he succeeds. The problem is, now that he's killed, he's having a real devil of a time trying not to do it again.
And that's where the trouble begins in book 2. Wherever you think that trouble ends, I promise you, you are wrong wrong wrong wrong WRONG. You will not see this coming, I don't care who you are.
The people who judge the Whitney Awards were singing praises to book 1 of this series. One of the crappy comparisons they made though was when they called it "Twilight for boys." Then I thought about it and really, in a sick way, it makes perfect sense. Twilight is an emotional overdose where girls project onto the main character, putting her on like a pair of pants, and living vicariously through her passionate fantasy. It exposes the deep dark desires of every girl's heart, laying it out in the open, in plain view for all to see.
Dan Wells' IANASK books don't necessarily put out every guy's fantasy in the form of killing things, but rather it strikes a profound and previously untouchable chord in the depths of male psychology. It engages male readers in an emotional way like no other book series really can. I plowed through Mr. Monster last night in one sitting, and it was easier than when I blitzed Catching Fire last summer in a matter of hours. I just fell into the story and climbed out hours later, dirtied, bloodied, beaten, chewed up, spit out and gasping for breath, and all I can think about is how much I want to know how it ends.
The author packs into 270 pages what no other big best-selling author could do in 400 or more. If horror is your thing, read these books. If horror is not your thing, give them a try. That's all I can say. Just go for it.
Oh, and in the words of the author: "Sorry about the cat."
It follows up with teenage sociopath John Cleaver, who in book 1 was desperately trying not to become a serial killer. He was obsessed with death, and his family runs the town mortuary, and he studied serial killers because of how interesting they were. He also put rules into place to keep himself from getting too close to the edge of his sanity.
Then, when a paranormal monster demon thing comes to John's town, he has to let out his dangerous side in order to kill the thing. He's the only one who can, and he succeeds. The problem is, now that he's killed, he's having a real devil of a time trying not to do it again.
And that's where the trouble begins in book 2. Wherever you think that trouble ends, I promise you, you are wrong wrong wrong wrong WRONG. You will not see this coming, I don't care who you are.
The people who judge the Whitney Awards were singing praises to book 1 of this series. One of the crappy comparisons they made though was when they called it "Twilight for boys." Then I thought about it and really, in a sick way, it makes perfect sense. Twilight is an emotional overdose where girls project onto the main character, putting her on like a pair of pants, and living vicariously through her passionate fantasy. It exposes the deep dark desires of every girl's heart, laying it out in the open, in plain view for all to see.
Dan Wells' IANASK books don't necessarily put out every guy's fantasy in the form of killing things, but rather it strikes a profound and previously untouchable chord in the depths of male psychology. It engages male readers in an emotional way like no other book series really can. I plowed through Mr. Monster last night in one sitting, and it was easier than when I blitzed Catching Fire last summer in a matter of hours. I just fell into the story and climbed out hours later, dirtied, bloodied, beaten, chewed up, spit out and gasping for breath, and all I can think about is how much I want to know how it ends.
The author packs into 270 pages what no other big best-selling author could do in 400 or more. If horror is your thing, read these books. If horror is not your thing, give them a try. That's all I can say. Just go for it.
Oh, and in the words of the author: "Sorry about the cat."
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that part made me so sad..