Jim Doyle is the infamous Nothing Man who was active in Ireland twenty years before the start of the novel. One day a book is released by one of his female survivors. She was 12 years old when her family was murdered by this vicious killer. In the book & marketing campaign, she promises she will catch The Nothing Man. However, up until today Jim Doyle is still a free man. Amused and a little bit concerned about what has been written about him, he picks up the book.
This concept keeps on giving. It's both hilarious and enthralling to read the book from the killer's point-of-view. We get the history of the crimes from the point-of-view of the writer/survivor and of himself when he gives clarifications or further explanations.
The story propelled forward by this fact. We're reading the book at the same speed he is. He couldn't put it down, but I couldn't put it down either. I was guessing the whole time how it would all end. I have to be completely honest, the ending was a bit of a let down for me. I think this is a matter of taste though. I would've like a bit more of a exciting climax than the one we're presented with. As I said, this is a matter of taste.
P.s. this is the tenth time I've been recommended to read I'll Be Gone in the Dark and I swear it'll be the next book I pick up on Audible once I finish The Hunter.
Many thanks to the publisher Atlantic Books and Netgalley for providing me with a review copy!
4 stars
Statistics:
Date read: August 5, 2020
Date published: August 6, 2020
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Horror
My Number of Books Read by this Author: 1
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