Wednesday, April 15, 2015

REVIEW - NORMAL BY GRAEME CAMERON

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pic and description taken from Goodreads



DESCRIPTION:

"The truth is I hurt people. It's what I do. It's all I do. It's all I've ever done." 

He lives in your community, in a nice house with a well-tended garden. He shops in your grocery store, bumping shoulders with you and apologizing with a smile. He drives beside you on the highway, politely waving you into the lane ahead of him. 

What you don't know is that he has an elaborate cage built into a secret basement under his garage. And the food that he's carefully shopping for is to feed a young woman he's holding there against her will—one in a string of many, unaware of the fate that awaits her. 

This is how it's been for a long time. It's normal... and it works. Perfectly. 

Then he meets the checkout girl from the 24-hour grocery. And now the plan, the hunts, the room... the others. He doesn't need any of them anymore. He needs only her. But just as he decides to go straight, the police start to close in. He might be able to cover his tracks, except for one small problem—he still has someone trapped in his garage. 

Discovering his humanity couldn't have come at a worse time.


MY REVIEW / THOUGHTS:

This book was a total mind trip.  This book kind of reminded me of the show Dexter.  Seemingly a normal guy, and then in his spare time a serial killer.  Unlike Dexter though I didn't find myself rooting for the killer...I know sounds weird, but this guy....Wow...CREEPY.

I think the creepiest thing about this book is that the MC was just the "nice" guy next door.  Yet leading a double life, and secretly torturing women.  

When he finally meets someone that makes him feel different than he ever has, he starts thinking that he may not have to hurt people to survive anymore...

He's a horrible human being.  He does horrible things to women.  It's scary, and my head is still spinning from the book.  I don't even know if I can explain it well enough to do it justice.  

It grabbed me from the very start and kept me interested, and creeped out the whole time.  Although the ending drove me a little crazy.  It doesn't tie up into a nice little bow for me.  When a book doesn't end in a way I think is "perfect", I dream about it.  I have to dream up what the author might have wanted me to get from the ending.  

I am sure I got something totally different than any one else, but still.  I needed a little bit more at the end.  

All in all it was a fantastically, creeptastic book.  Mind twisting....but creeptastic.  The only complaint I have about this book is the language.  The story is fantastic.  The writing is done well.  I could feel how scared his victims were, and sometimes found myself feeling anxious for them.  The author definitely brought a lot of feeling out of me while reading.  This totally would have been a 5 star for me if it weren't for all the language.  

Source:  I bought this book for my self.  I was not compensated in any way for this review.  These are my own PERSONAL thoughts on the book


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Graeme Cameron
pic and bio taken from www.graeme-cameron.com

Graeme Cameron is the author of almost three short stories, two country songs and literally dozens of angry emails, including such classics as This Doesn't Taste Like ChickenThe Car You Sold Me Is On Fire, and the hilarious and moving Re: Restraining Order (I'm in your house LOL). 


Graeme lives in Norfolk and has never worked as a police detective, ER doctor, crime reporter or forensic anthropologist.


8 comments:

  1. Yay! This was crazy wasn't it? I think the creepiest part was how normal on the outside he seemed to everyone else. And him creeping into people's homes at night and watching them? That gave me anxiety!

    The language was harsh but some how fit the story and his mind space even if I could have done without it as well. So happy you liked this though, I was so worried that maybe you would think I was crazy for liking it LOL! It is hard not to be fascinated by it though in a really creepy kin of fascination. ;)

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    1. That was by far the creepiest part! It could be someone you work with, see every day! Crazzzy! The language is totally a personal thing but I like it when other bloggers let me know about language so I try to let people know 😉

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  2. The synopsis for this one creeped me out alone. This isn't my type of book, but I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

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    1. Ya I know! Sometimes I have to dive into creepy ;)

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  3. Yes. I am listening to this now Paij...creeptastic so far.

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    1. Can't wait to hear what you think about it!

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  4. Wow, this sounds pretty creepy. It seems like it would be good, but super crazy.

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