Perri's Reviews > The Killer Inside Me

I almost DNFed this one, but I requested an ILL loan from my library which cost $. Also, I wanted to give an alternate POV than the stellar reviews I read on GR (Patrick Rothfuss did we read the same book?!) My guess is that this was one of the first books based on a sociopath and I give it props for that. Written in 1952, it hasn't aged well. The dialogue is cliched Texas drawl. The protagonist enjoys tormenting people by plying them with corny cliches?? Oh dear, make him stop. But the worst , the very worst, is the how women respond to him (view spoiler)[ He beats a woman senseless and she responds by turning into his groupie? Just one of several stomach turning scenes making women look like desperate nitwits (hide spoiler)] Interesting side note: the ILL book I requested came from a near-by Correctional Facility