La particolarità di questo volume è il distacco con il quale Straub ci racconta la nascita e l'evoluzione di una mente malata votata al male, a fare del male, al piacere che si prova a farlo, al piacere che si prova ad "insegnarlo" etc etc... è un viaggio "secco", quasi arido, alla fine del libro si ha sete, si ha la bocca asciutta, perché si è pervasi da un senso di disagio per ciò che si è letto, soprattutto perché non si tratta di mostri, creature etc ma di ciò che molto verosimilmente si trova nella mente malata dei serial killer, presenti o futuri.
Per stomaci forti ( )

Completely creeped me out. 5* ( )

Good book; however, it was too dark for me as far as content is concerned. ( )

Short but enormously terrifying!!! My stomach is quite unsettled after this read and that feeling is hard to come by with all the prior books I've experienced. This is not a book for someone who sickens easily. I'm not one of those and I think this book will stay with me awhile, maybe even haunt my dreams. ( )

There's disturbing and then there is this book. More like a novella. Just amazed how in so few pages the author manages to leave his story deeply imprinted in my mind and with such a bad aftertaste. This is the story of how a serial killer is born. A deeply disturbed, sick and crazy killer. Keith is a teenage boy that starts giving signs that he enjoys inflicting pain and all that it conveys. Along comes his uncle Till, who happens to be the Ladylike killer -of course-. This is the story of how a sick twisted mind influences and trains the mind of a disturbed and confused kid. The end left me feeling disgusted and I don't know if I recommend it or not. Gave it four stars because a book that can evoke such strong feelings is a book well written. Thank God it's short and I can now move on to something else. ( )