The Sociopath

by J.V. Adams

TEXT FOR AUTHOR BIO: J.V. Adams ws born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 6, 1932. His colorufl and experienceich life enables him to write with little or no research and he generally completes a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595006426
• ISBN13: 9780595006427
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

When the world just doesn't fit you any more...

There doesn't seem to be much information available about this book, so I am actually quite glad that I picked it up on a recommendation from a friend.The Sociopath is a work of fiction, most of it told in the first person by our protagonist. It does, however, cleverly skip around in both time-frame and point-of-view; but don't let that stop you from picking it up. What sounds like it could be annoying or hard to follow is in reality a very smooth, very fast read. I finished this book in one day (a beach-read) and I am definitely *not* a speed-reader.The book did not contain enough gore for me, being a fan of such Gorror writers as Edward Lee and Jack Ketchum and Jeff Long; but it makes up for its lack of blood in the chillingly distracted narrative of some very unsocial behavior.I absolutely refuse to give anything away here, but there *is* a sociopath in the book, and our first person narrator has a very big surprise for you in store.Although I loved the book and recommend it highly, I felt that the ending did fall short of the entire story's potential, especially with one character kind of left stranded out on his limb tidying up another character's loose threads. I felt he should have been visited in more depth before leaving him dry like Mr. Adams did. It was almost as if Adams could have kept going for another 50 pages, there was surely enough left to uncover, and enough blood to bathe in one last time.This book is an exciting look into the sociopathic mind, with startling twists and very deeply fathomed characterizations. If you like sick, and you like twisted, grab a copy of The Sociopath to fill in those gaping wounds in your fleshy bookcase. Enjoy!

Chilling!

Donald Eckman was dying. Nothing would stop that, but he planned to take quite a few low-lifes with him! Eckman was a man who had it all planned out and was cold-blooded enough to do it. Roosevelt Holmes had raped, maimed, and/or killed over thirty-four women, girls, and boys. Yet his sentence was only two years. He was released early, for good behavior, thinking he could easily continue if he was just a bit more careful. However, he was not the only one counting down his days and hours until freedom. Nancy Rausch kept tabs on Holmes. She planned her revenge carefully, all the way down to how she would castrate him. Chris would help her get him. Chris also had planned revenge...on the world! Chris had set up a way to rid the Earth of much of its scum. A bit of IVG-5 introduced into the Minneapolis waterworks would work for starts. ***** Never have I read a book like this one. We have all heard of Hannibal. He was labeled (correctly, I might add) a Cannibal. Now meet those with the label Sociopath. Many with this mental disorder get rich because they do things "normal" people would not dare. Others end up poor, due to the same reason, or in prison. But some are like this! Here is a book that will keep you up late into the night reading! You will never look at the strangers around you the same way again! Highly recommended reading! *****