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Tor, Copyright 2011, 319 pages
Editor – Moshe Feder
ISBN: 978-0-7653-2844-1
Read: January 2014 (at age 35)
First time read
If you haven’t read it
This is the third book in a trilogy (the
first two are I Am Not a Serial Killer and Mr. Monster). Read them first.
From the back cover:
John
Cleaver has called a demon – literally called it on the phone – and challenged
it to a fight. He’s faced two monsters
already, barely escaping with his life, and now he’s done running; he’s
bringing the fight to them. As he wades
through the town’s darkest secrets, searching for any sign of who the demon
might be, one thing becomes all too clear:
in a game of cat and mouse with a supernatural killer, you are always the mouse.
In I Am Not a Serial Killer, we
watched a budding sociopath break every rule he had to save his town from
evil. In Mr. Monster, we held our breath as he fought madly with
himself, struggling to stay in control.
Now John Wayne Cleaver has mastered his twisted talents and embraced his
role as a killer of killers. I Don’t
Want to Kill You brings his story to a
thundering climax of suspicion, mayhem, and death.
It’s
time to punish the guilty.
And
in a town full of secrets, everyone is guilty of something.
Reactions below the break
There was really no decline in the
series. The third book was every bit as
good as the other two, and I enjoyed it a bit more than the second. More mystery, less torture-porn.
Rating:
5
Premise:
John’s baited a trap for another demon with
himself. Now, to find it and kill it
before it kills him.
Characters:
By book three, we don’t add many new
characters. It is interesting to see how
the world sees our hero (indirectly, since it’s first-person) as he experiences
their reactions.
Plot:
As with the previous books, there were enough
twists and turns to keep things interesting, and still the balance between the
inner and outer demons that makes this character work. My main complaint with this book is that it
was too short for my tastes. It was
really good, but it was over to fast.
Setting:
The same small town as before. It’s still good. It changes based on the previous books, which
is a nice thing.
Readability:
Well written, straightforward writing
style, and very visceral in places.
Other opinions:
As with most newer books, there are a lot
of reviews out there. Here are a couple
I liked.
Fairly negative review. Didn’t like the
tone of the ending.
Glowing review.
Another positive review.
Another glowing one.
Sounds like my read was pretty normal.
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