Berls
Written on Sep 6, 2020
This is like a car wreck you can't turn away from. Whereas the first book saw a young girl fighting deep depression and truly horrible things happening to her, this book is the birth of a serial killer. That part honestly didn't bother me - it's teenage Dexter. But the sex - we're talking fade to black, but orgies - it was a bit much for me. I think it's that they are teens and we're still observing them in high school.
We're observing a true sociopath be born and it's disturbing. Also disturbing is the weird contrast with her friend Mattie, I devout Christian who has like a prophetic sense or something. The frequent biblical references, along with Christian music allusions feels so weird in this setting. Like the religious season of Dexter actually