Dan Wells

John Wayne Cheever keeps his obsession with serial killers in check by a set of rigid rules that he lives by, hoping to the prevent himself from committing murder, but when a body turns up behind a laundromat, John must confront a danger outside himself.

I am not a serial killer

John works in his family's mortuary and has an obsession with serial killers. He wants to be a good person but when a demon begins stalking his small town, John is forced to give in to his darker nature. Dexter meets the X-Files in this dark, comical series for teenagers.

I Am Not a Serial Killer

Amanda Autumn Berrey

Nadine 

Didn’t finish - was fine until it got weird with the beast stuff - not my cup of tea. But would appeal to horror likers

John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He's spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential. He's obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn't want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he's written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation. Dead bodies are normal to John. He likes them, actually. They don't demand or expect the empathy he's unable to offer. Perhaps that's what gives him the objectivity to recognize that there's something different about the body the police have just found behind the Wash-n-Dry Laundromat---and to appreciate what that difference means. Now, for the first time, John has to confront a danger outside himself, a threat he can't control, a menace to everything and everyone he would love, if only he could. Dan Wells's debut novel, I Am Not a Serial Killer, is the first volume of a trilogy that will keep you awake and then haunt your dreams.

I Am Not A Serial Killer

KADY BURNS

Would have been fine, but took a turn out of nowhere that turned me completely off. At least it was a short book.

Sonia Flores

Vale, quizá el que haya encontrado este libro simpatiquísimo sea extraño, porque no es un tema agradable y mucho menos para conversarlo (ya lo intenté, y no recibí miradas normales), pero es súper interesante leer un libro escrito desde la perspectiva de un sociópata y todo lo que hace para controlar sus tendencias. Además, rarezas aparte, John es muy inteligente y, para qué negarlo, carismático cuando quiere. Supongo que el que se haya propuesto como meta detener a otro asesino (aunque este no fuera humano) fue el aliciente perfecto para desatar a "Mr. Monster", y siempre he encontrado fascinante la naturaleza de un psicópata y cómo este tiene que aprender conductas para no sentirse ajeno a la realidad y adoptarlas cuando sea necesario frente al resto del mundo aun cuando estos comportamientos empáticos sean totalmente ajenos a él. Me gusta como Wells trató el tema, con tranquilidad y seriedad en partes iguales, dándole la importancia y al mismo tiempo haciéndolo parecer menos grave tratándose de un chico de quince totalmente consciente de su condición y que no quiere ser visto como un "bicho raro" o un "freak". Hizo lo mejor que pudo y, a grandes rasgos, lo logró.

En resumidas cuentas, este libro tiene la combinación perfecta: asesinos seriales, poca censura y escenas viscerales (ups), además de un hombre como protagonista, que es casi la única manera en que prefiera la narración en primera persona. Siempre he pensado que las personas del sexo masculino tienen una manera más llamativa de narrar historias, sumándole la objetividad y el poco emocionalismo que cargaba la atmósfera.

Layla Yaneth

Jolien De Landsheer

Sunky

Amanda Marie Nguyen

John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He's spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential. He's obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn't want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he's written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation. Dead bodies are normal to John. He likes them, actually. They don't demand or expect the empathy he's unable to offer. Perhaps that's what gives him the objectivity to recognize that there's something different about the body the police have just found behind the Wash-n-Dry Laundromat---and to appreciate what that difference means. Now, for the first time, John has to confront a danger outside himself, a threat he can't control, a menace to everything and everyone he would love, if only he could. Dan Wells's debut novel, I Am Not a Serial Killer, is the first volume of a trilogy that will keep you awake and then haunt your dreams. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

I am not a serial killer

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