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Sto caricando le informazioni... Something Violent (edizione 2017)di Kristopher Rufty (Autore)
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Ron McClure, a cherished marriage counselor, has helped many couples through matrimonial turmoil. His latest accomplishment was the complete restoration of a popular Hollywood couple, once notorious for the public slandering of their spouses. The garnered notoriety has attracted the attention of publishers, magazines, and countless talk shows. It has also attracted the attention of a couple who¿ve not only lost the thrill in their marriage¿but also the thrill to kill together. Fearing they¿re at the tragic end of their relationship, the couple kidnap Ron in a bizarre attempt at the restoration of a shattered, twisted love now on the brink of a terrifying metamorphosis. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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In Something Violent, the main characters aren't victims struggling to save their own hides, but rather a couple that is aptly named Satan's Sweethearts. Together they wreak havoc, slaughtering those that cross them. When their marriage seems at risk of falling apart, they kidnap a famous marriage counselor and recount the events that brought them together in grisly detail.
I think what I liked most about this book was its perspective - I couldn't help but feel disgusted with myself for feeling any amount of sympathy for a pair of murderers, but I suppose in this case, the saying that "anything is possible" rings true. While the book wasn't quite as gory as I would have liked, it certainly kept my interest.
On the other hand, it felt a little too sexualized. Of course, being a fan of the horror genre, this is an aspect of my taste in fiction that I have become accustomed to. Any true horror buff knows that the couple having sex will be one of the first to die after all. While it makes sense for one character to be sexually attracted to another, and go into detail about how and why, there are a few areas where I felt the sexual notes to be a bit too extreme and out of place. For instance, there's a moment where Jody Covington, one of the main characters, thinks to herself about how slick her thighs are with sweat.
Aside from that, Something Violent offers an entertaining insight into the lives of killers and is definitely worth the read. I have to give Rufty kudos for pulling off the normalization of serial killers.
Thanks to NetGalley, DarkFuse, and the author for providing me with an advanced copy for the purpose of review. ( )