Jessica G. (jaguerns) - , reviewed on 6/4/2010 + 32 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 6

WOW. No, seriously...WOW! This book was really good.

John Wayne Cleaver tries hard to be a typical teenager but he is not. A diagnosed sociopath, he creates specific rules to keep the dark side of himself -- the monster -- secured behind a wall of normalcy. Don't follow someone. Don't pay too much attention to their habits. Don't harm others.

Then a real monster comes to town; a serial killer who stalks the streets of their little community, brutally killing grown men. In the killer's methods, John sees more of himself than in his high school classrooms. Can his knowledge of serial killers help John protect his neighbors? Or will he need to release his own monster to do battle?

Written for young adults, the book has a tendency to talk down to the reader but I think that played in well with the main character. John really is smarter than everyone else. And I loved the sci-fi twist it took. Totally did not see that one coming.

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