This was entertaining.  It is brutal, as well as raw- an honest account into the mind of a budding serial killer.  You will be at times confused and taken aback by what you are reading, but it doesn't take long to put the puzzle pieces together. The protagonist acts as though he is misunderstood and that his desires are simply human nature, although the reader is aware throughout this entire novel that this could not be farther from the truth.  

There are no big shocks in this- sure you will be unnerved, but you begin and end the novel well aware that this man you are traveling alongside on the journey to madness is beyond the confines of mentally disturbed.  What we are looking at here is a complete and total train wreck, a mess of a book which is hardly structured and frequently turns to lackluster doodles and run-on word vomit, but at that, it only makes the overall tone all the more believable.  

You will get tired of reading this- at times it will be because you cannot take any more gory details, but at other times, it will be because you can't stand to hear Quentin talk about yet another mundane morning.  Nonetheless, it's explorative of the human consciousness, or lack thereof, and though at times the plot can drag, it will always pick back up and lead to some type of nausea.  If you're looking to vomit up your dinner, or come something close to it, pick up this book.

So, in short....

Strong points- Brutal and devastating.  Honest.  A look into the mind of a serial killer, unsettling and gripping from the beginning.  You won't have to wait for any gory details, they will simply jump out at you, and be reoccurring enough to make your stomach turn.

Weak points- Can be mundane at times.  The end is sort of anticlimactic, however, this is more an account into a sick man's mind than a structured story, which makes this a bit more acceptable.

Overall this story is extremely well crafted and intelligently told- and deserves a solid 4/5 bats.