Summary:
Love is not patient, and it is not kind. It is envious, boastful, and proud. It dishonors others, and is self-seeking. It is easily angered, and keeps record of all wrongs. It delights in evil and recoils from the truth. It never protects, never trusts, never hopes, and, most importantly, it never perseveres.
Love always fails.
These are truths Derek Diver has yet to fully comprehend, but the time of his enlightenment is approaching. His lesson will be steeped in blood, and he will learn that love is the most violent force on Earth.
My Thoughts:
Shortly after reading Dead Inside, I decided to read all of Chandler Morrison's books. I am yet to be disappointed.
Derek is a sweet, introverted guy who struggles with intrusive thoughts. He falls for Scarlet, his co-worker, but she is married. He decides to have an affair with her anyway, thinking that she'll leave her husband for him. Derek is wrong.
Derek longs to not feel, to be numb all of the time. He finds this numbness after killing three teenagers outside with a rock, a murder that was not at all planned. But the numbness never stays, and he keeps killing in order to keep that feeling.
There is also a minor satanic subplot where Derek was directed by a friend to go to a house to get laid, but instead there is a ritual performed. A man appears out of nowhere, supposedly the devil. He makes a few appearances here and there, but the only important one is near the end, where he gets Derek to sign a contract.
A surprise appearance from the security guard in Dead Inside is there, and the connection between Derek and Helen (the nurse in Dead Inside) is revealed.
My Rating: 5 stars
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