![]() At the same time, however, Wells has made this character grow. The balance here is perfect, and even better than the previous novels. The great thing about John is that for every instance where he scares the reader with his macabre thoughts and actions, he also makes the reader laugh. He also works (secretly from his classmates at school and the rest of the town) in the family mortuary. John also worries that he will become one, so he sets rules for himself. He obsesses over serial killers their methods, their psychology and their motives. If you’ve read the previous two novels in the series (which hopefully you have, otherwise why the heck are you even reading this review?), you know that John is an odd sort of fellow. So what makes this novel so good? We’ll start with the character, John Wayne Cleaver. The novel is fantastic, even better than last year’s terrific MR. ![]() ![]() But you know what’s even MORE difficult than that? Writing a series where every novel gets better and better.ĭan Wells‘s horror series staring John Cleaver-a teenager who has all the early tendencies of a serial killer-comes to a conclusion (just for now hopefully) with I DON’T WANT TO KILL YOU ( Amazon). ![]() Making that first novel solid? Even harder. One of the lessons we have learned during our time reading and reviewing novels is that it is hard just to get a book published. ![]()
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