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Monster Love (2008)

by Carol Topolski(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

014103338X (ISBN13: 9780141033389)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Penguin

review 1: Brutal in its portrayal of how much damage lack of empathy and love on the part of a parent can cause. I'm working my way through the most disturbing books listed and consider myself pretty immune but this book, specifically Brendan and Sherrilyns blasé recounting of Sammys treatment by themselves, actually upset me. For those claiming the characters lack of insight, probing of their own actions, reasoning etc is unrealistic I would say that that is what allows people to commit such horrendous acts whilst sleeping soundly at night and that there have and will be cases of much worse abuses in real life committed by people just like this. Read a few more true crime books and marvel at how many of the accused were lacking in fangs and were generally considered as "ordinary... more really, keeping to themselves". More akin to Fowles "The collector" rather than Shriver whose work I consider similar only in as much as it is a horrible topic regarding children. Last I heard she hadn't cornered the literary market regarding exploration of killers psyches and to claim "Monster love" is an attempt to cash in on Schrivers success is pretty narrow minded as this book stands on its own merit and concept, society as a whole attempting to understand a horror collectively.
review 2: i thought the way the story was told is original (same event, different perspectives from different first person narration)and interesting. the only problem i had with that was that most of them didn't succeed in making me believe they were different characters, the only exception i can remember was the young juror. i also failed (refuse) to believe that anyone can be so self absorbed, as a person and couple, to the point of committing murder and not feeling any sort of remorse. the end was predictable, but i still liked and enjoyed this book. less

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