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A review by cindytheskull
The Last Victim: A True-Life Journey Into the Mind of the Serial Killer by Jason Moss
3.0
Jason Moss is dead, and I'm not quite sure if this story has to do with it.
An 18 year old boy is both scared and fascinated by serial killers, a passion he seems to have heired from his mum.
Since he studies Psychology, the interest in the serial killer's mind is self-explenatory.
He decides to contact some of the most famous serial killers in the hope of manipulating them enough to get a deeper understanding of their minds and cases.
Many have remarked that Jason seems to be a young boy full of himself, costantly boasting and unable to write.
What I really thought was that Jason was foolish, not overconfident, and totally naïve and unprepared. I agree on the writing part, though.
I was half way into the book when I realized that Jason was more involved into creating what the killers wanted from him than actually analyzing, understanding and reading the killers. He did not realize that the energy and effort for his research put him on an emotional and mental Roller-coaster, because he was manipulated by himself, his goals and the killer's intent.
I think he had an enormous amount of courage, and an even greater amount of unawareness.
An 18 year old boy is both scared and fascinated by serial killers, a passion he seems to have heired from his mum.
Since he studies Psychology, the interest in the serial killer's mind is self-explenatory.
He decides to contact some of the most famous serial killers in the hope of manipulating them enough to get a deeper understanding of their minds and cases.
Many have remarked that Jason seems to be a young boy full of himself, costantly boasting and unable to write.
What I really thought was that Jason was foolish, not overconfident, and totally naïve and unprepared. I agree on the writing part, though.
I was half way into the book when I realized that Jason was more involved into creating what the killers wanted from him than actually analyzing, understanding and reading the killers. He did not realize that the energy and effort for his research put him on an emotional and mental Roller-coaster, because he was manipulated by himself, his goals and the killer's intent.
I think he had an enormous amount of courage, and an even greater amount of unawareness.