The Killer Inside Me Audiobook

" Brilliant book. Very, very brutal and disturbing, incredibly well-written. Easily matches my personal favourite crime writer, Simenon for its combination of a gripping plot, insight into a twisted psyche and writing of a high calibre. I'm not certain why I'm doing this exploration of the classic crime genre at present (last year this time I was delving into the Gothic canon) but it's certainly brought to light several exceptionally talented writers. "

" Brilliant, creepy, un put downable. A real classic. "

" The Killer Inside me is a chilling first person tale told by a sociopathic killer. As the killer commits each murder, the reader is privy to the killer's thoughts, reasoning, and the justification for each kill. This exploration of the inner mind of a man who kills without feeling is disturbing and fascinating in equal measure. "

" Chilling. Film material so not as successful as a novel for me. But definitely worth spending time on. "

" Jim Thompson is an utterly entertaining and unsettling author. This is the first of his works that I've read, but it certainly won't be the last. Three-and-a-half stars. Now I have to find "Pop. 1280" ... "

" not quite as dark as i'd hoped... not bad though. "

" Well, this is a genuinely perverse book. Thompson is so intent on conjuring up his phantasmagoria, he doesn't even bother to tie up the loose ends that most pulp authors live for. Which I like, weirdly enough. It keeps the book from succumbing to formula. He dips into a dark family secret at the beginning of the book, and in any other writer's hands this would culminate in a thunderous reveal, but Thompson alludes to it and then just throws it away. What a relief: I don't want a soap opera, I want a work that seems to surprise even the author himself. Thompson has as severe a case of tunnel vision as his psychopathic narrator. The whole thing is just a hopeless, mean, fatalistic mess. "

" Pretty impressive. (Last year they made a movie as well.) "

" This is a great book. Am I crazy? Because a part of me was rooting for the cold-blooded murderer. Anyway, it's a quick read, like all of Thompson's stuff and better than most of his stuff as well. "

" Exact same as the movie so kinda disappointing, but cant fault the book for that. Fast ass read though. "

" This is a disturbing book. I've never read anything quite like it. It make you hurt, and yet yearn for the protagonist's redemption. It make you uncomfortable, but it makes you think, and you can't ask for anything more from a binding and a sheaf of typed page. "

" One of the VERY few books that I've ever abandoned. "

" Incredible 1950's era thriller about a sociopath; cult classic. "

" Book 62/150 "

" Before Ripley, Hannibal Lechter, Anthony Perkins in Pscho, Thompson showed the mind of a psychopath "

" Kinda liked... After American Psycho this felt a little bit flat. Then again I might be a little bit desensitised. "

" a lot like american psycho, only written 40 years before and way cooler. "

" I read this in a day and a half, couldn't put it down. "

" Extraordinarily creepy. "

" Amazing serial killer exploitation book, really pushing the envelope for when it was written. Much better than the movie! "

" great work! loved all the characters. I'm now looking to read more noir novels. "

" Dark, disturbing novel into the mind of a serial killer. "

" Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson describes the obsession of a small-town deputy sheriff. He is beloved by the community for his uncommon ability to calm violent prisoners. Told in the first-person, we soon learn of the narrator's dark past and even more foreboding future. "

" Interesting. Jim Thompson seemed to be years ahead of himself. Writing about a serial killer long before they were "trendy". But parts of it are a bit slow moving. "