I Don't Want to Kill You (John Cleaver, #3)

by Dan Wells

I Don't Want to Kill You is the third darkly comic novel in the John Wayne Carver series by Dan Wells, the first of which - I Am Not a Serial Killer - is now a major motion picture.

Sixteen-year-old John Wayne Cleaver has always known he's different, but not because he only has one friend (and doesn't much like him) and not because he regularly helps out in his mother's mortuary. He's different because he recognizes the classic signs of an incipient serial killer in his own personality, and he's created a rigid set of rules to follow to keep his darker nature, the one he calls Mr Monster in check.

But John discovers it's the personality traits he so fears that put him in the best position to save the people of his town from a series of horrific and disturbing killers...

• ISBN13: 9780765328441
• Publish Date: 29 March 2011 (first published 6 January 2011)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Tor Books
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

I’m a little sad to think the John Cleaver series is now over. I was really enjoying the socially awkward teenage sociopath and his struggle through high school. While the supernatural twist was a good one, I really wanted to know more about John and his struggle with others and teenage urges. I wonder if there are more books like this.

[sstaley]

Another great book in the trilogy about John Cleaver teenage sociopath. It was as good as the other books, I only wished that John had had more interaction with the demon. It was not quite as intense as the first two books. The big scene where everything comes to a head ended way too fast for me. I wanted more action. This scene also totally floored me. I had no idea that things would end this way!!! I never would have guessed. I really want to read more about John Cleaver and more books written by Dan Wells. I give this book 4 1/2 stars.