La verdad es que no sé que decir sobre este libro ya que no me sorprende ni positivamente ni negativamente.No creo que sea una mala historia, pero sí es cierto que me da la sensación de que el autor se va un poco por las ramas a veces. Me hubiera gustado que se centrara más en la acción ya que la parte final se me ha hecho súper corta en comparación con el resto del libro.Otra de las cosas que me fallan sobre la saga/trilogía (creo que hay más de 3 libros) de John Cleaver es que se descubre enseguida quien es el asesino y no me intriga mucho. Tampoco me llega a convencer el hecho de que haya elementos sobrenaturales en la novela, ya que me cuesta mucho más meterme en la novela.No logro conectar con el protagonista por mucho que lo intente (supongo que debería considerarlo algo bueno xD jajaja y creo que esto ya lo dije en la reseña del primer libro) y esto también dificulta que me llegue a enganchar el libro.Aunque parece que sólo le saco fallos al libro, creo que realmente está bien, pero supongo que me hubiera interesado más si fuera destinado para un público más adulto y si se quitara todo lo sobrenatural.Tanto el primer libro como este me han gustado lo mismo xD, pero espero que el tercero me guste más.Le voy a dar 3.5 estrellas.

This book is a bit hard to rate...and review. ***Please note***: I AM ASSUMING YOU HAVE READ I Am Not A Serial Killer which is the first volume of this "story". THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FOR THAT BOOK HERE.I find many things about this/these book(s) interesting and well done. I also find a lot about (especially this one) objectionable. The books attempt to walk the lines between slasher/horror/urban fantasy. The first book follows John as he struggles with his own "verging" sociopathy. He has always been fascinated by death (of course since he has grown up working on corpses in a mortuary...). Then a serial killer goes to work in his town. John (quick description of first book) sets out to track down the killer in an attempt to find a way to feed his sociopathy, without killing his mother or someone else...and he does it. At that point the book takes a hard turn into a different kind of horror (serial killer stories can be their own kind of horror). John discovers that the killer isn't human. His neighbor is what John dubs a demon...John has killed a demon, which melts into a disgusting goo.This book picks up with John and his mother (who knows some of John's struggle and is the only other person to have seen the "demon") trying to live their lives. Things are hard for John, he may be slipping more. It doesn't help that mom is trying her best to deny what happened. John holds himself together by living according to a strict set of rules...never hurt an animal, never hurt a person, avoid confrontation, etc. The book has a lot of positives. While the general plot idea isn't new the idea of using a budding sociopath/psychopath who is constantly struggling not to lose control as a protagonist is pretty new. The story is good I found it absorbing. I will at least consider following up (later) with the next book.Unfortunately the book also has a LOT (in my opinion) of negatives. It takes off very slowly. This is a short book and at that it's a bit too long. Too much pointless detail (as opposed to relevant detail), too long setting up the story, we get a lot of "what's gone before". More than we really needed I think.We also get a lot of pointless "gross out". There is one long passage describing an embalming that has nothing to do with the story. I assume it's supposed to be helping us see MORE of John's struggle. But it really doesn't. It simply gives an excuse to tell us how morticians go about keeping the eye sockets from sinking in...how they embalm the body cavity...how to use a trocar...what to do with all the bagged organs...on and on and on. Okay maybe that gave us some info...but we get another embalming later of a victim that tells us a lot of the same things. I skipped and skimmed a lot of this one.I won't mention anything that will tip the plot or be a spoiler, but I found a lot negatives about this book and almost rated it much lower. Some of the things that bothered me may not bother others (though that kind of worries me. I feel almost the same way about the Dexter books. I only read the first of those...I can't get into long loving descriptions of graphic murders etc.)...So, pretty good story...3 stars, barely.********************* SPOILER BELOW LINE **************** Throughout the book we get descriptions of John's dreams of killing the girl he likes...slowly and graphically. This book rests a lot on what I called above "the Gross out factor". I don't care for it, it puts me off and I considered not completing the book. The plot revolves around ancient beings who are still around. For some reason most of these old beings who were thought of as deities or demons seem also to be fairly cold blooded and homicidal. So the "demon killer" motif is fairly interesting. For me a lot will depend on how much gore I'm willing to put up with. As I said, I skipped and skimmed a lot of this book.

Don't read this book until you've read I Am Not a Serial Killer. You really need to know the background story in Book 1 of this series to fully understand it.That said, I did like this book. It started out a bit slow, focusing more on John's personal life than the mystery. Once the bodies were discovered, the pace really took off. The supernatural element from the first book is continued here. I found this book more emotionally distrubing than the first one, mainly because of the descriptions at the killer's "torture house." Definitely not for the squeamish! The strongest part of the story are the characters, especially John. You really want him to overcome his personal demons. I will be reading the next book in this quirky series.

This is wrong. This is exactly what I've always wanted, and exactly what I've always wanted to avoid.I can't tell my dreams from my nightmares.Dang it, Dan Wells. I got other books to read. Places to be. Emotions to not be spent on fictional cats that may or may not be dead. At least I tore through this in two sittings.Shooooot this is was so much more emotionally charged than the last and I loved it for that. Seriously, IS this YA? We're sorta pushing it. Lots of uncomfortable and creepy moments that were scarier than the last's (get me out of this hoooouuuse), John is getting increasingly concerning every time we push him, and the book is growing into its awkward humour so my reactions are less pained smirks and more actual laughs. Anything with Brooke and John had me smiling to myself. Also this:"You've got me," I said. "I killed Dr. Neblin. With an axe. Dipped in poison.""Very cute," he said, still unsmiling, "but no one is accusing you of killing Dr. Neblin.""Most people don't use poison," I said, ignoring him, "because they think a big axe blade can do the job on its own. And they're right, but I say they have no style.""What are you doing?""Confessing," I said. "Isn't that what you want?""Dr. Neblin wasn't killed with an axe.""Then it's a good thing I put that poison on there."However my experience got a good ol dent in it around the last third, when it finally dawned on me: ahhh, okay, yeah, this is one of those casually sexist books where the female characters can only fill the roles that classical casually sexist media says they can. Such as Mom, Love Interest, Hot Popular Girl With Boobs, Battered Spouse #2 (now with extra denial, self-pity, and tears!), Torture Victims turned Murder Victims, and idk, Cool Aunt? I really liked that his mom and Margaret ran the mortuary together, but then I had to be reminded that it was John's dad that finally made them credible and successful. Puke. Hashtag do better, or whatever.Anyways. Aaaanyways. The structuring of the first book distinctly reminded me of a pilot episode (hard twist, neat-enough ending that anticipates a series cancellation, condensed character arc that'll mirror the rest of the season's trajectory) and this one was an episode further in the season. New characters = the baddie. Monster of the week. Correlation between A plot and B plot. Also short and sweet. It's clean, my dude. It's so clean.Couple odd moments in this one, though. Did Max forget everything John told him in the last book? Why didn't John just fess up about Mkhai once he knew that, uh, The Villain and him understood who Crowley was? What was significance of the tissue gas? These are kinda small things that I'd probably disregard in a bigger book (except the Max situation. SERIOUSLY, MAX. WHY ARE YOU HERE.) but after all the tied loose ends in the last book, these seem especially noticeable.Whatever. Still really incredible and fascinating and occasionally jarring (THE PERSON IN THE WALL, I JUST, WHAT THE FUCK?!). John is falling further and further into that nice little corner of "morally ambiguous character that you love to hate" and the story keeps testing him. I swear it's Dan who often mentions on Writing Excuses that he loves setting up a good moral dilemma. Well that's definitely obvious and I'm 100% here for it. Third book is a distinct possibility in my future. Now we've gone FULL BUFFY.

Esta reseña NO contiene spoilers.Bien hecho, Dan Wells. MUY bien hecho.No soy el señor monstruo es la segunda parte de No soy un serial killer y OH GOD, QUÉ SEGUNDA PARTE. Como es lógico, no puedo decir mucho porque #spoilers, pero si quieren saber mi opinión, continúen leyendo.PERSONAJESSin dudas puedo afirmar que el fuerte de esta saga son los personajes. Dan Wells hace un trabajo increíble al construir a cada uno de ellos, pero John se roba el escenario por mucho. Lo que vale la pena destacar es la psicología de este personaje y la manera en que su mente se desarrolla y se va distorsionando lentamente en su lucha contra el Señor Monstruo. Ver cómo de a poco John es traicionado por su propia conciencia es algo muy interesante, al igual que observar la forma en que intenta mantenerse a raya y controlarse a sí mismo para no hacer nada malo. Los personajes secundarios también son un aporte muy bien logrado. Dan puede ir de crear a un psicópata, a presentarte dos páginas después a un adolescente común y corriente, y que aún así ambos sean creíbles y reales. WORLD BUILDINGNo sabía si incluir la construcción del mundo a la reseña o no porque en realidad todo está ambientado en nuestro mundo. Finalmente decidí hacerlo, porque si bien tenemos a personajes reales en escenarios reales, también contamos con cierto aspecto extraño (que conocerán si leyeron el primer libro) que convierte al corriente pueblo de Clayton en algo extraordinario. Si bien lo que vimos hasta este punto es solo un pequeño porcentaje de lo que se nos presentará a continuación, creo que de momento Dan fue capaz de establecer unas bases muy fuertes para su mundo y que dejan entender vagamente hacia dónde quiere llevarnos con todo esto. Y dejenme decirles, estoy emocionado porque así sea.ESCRITURAOtro punto positivo. Dan Wells, estrellita dorada y trofeo por escritura ADICTIVA.Leí este libro en menos de 24hs. Puede ser que a algunos no les sorprenda, pero eso en mí es extraño. Fue cuestión de tomar este libro y a partir de ese momento no poder soltarlo ni dejar de pensar en él. El autor tiene la capacidad de crear ese factor de suspenso e intriga que impide que dejes el libro y provoque la muy peligrosa frase de "Un capítulo más"Cuando leí Partials del mismo autor, sentí que no aportaba nada que me hiciera querer leer sin descanso. Los capítulos eran largos y aburridos, y las páginas tardaban años en pasar. Es por eso que estoy tan encantado y sorprendido con estos libros. Porque luego de haber perdido cierta esperanza de que los libros de Dan me gusten, la saga de John Cleaver llegó y me demostró que estaba equivocado. Eso para mí tiene un gran, GRAN mérito.EXPECTATIVAS¿Qué espero de No quiero matarte? Bueno, primero que nada comprarlo *cuak*Mis expectativas a estas alturas son considerablemente altas. Juzgando por lo que vi en estos dos primeros libros, estoy convencido de que esta saga no va a hacer más que mejorar. Estoy muy emocionado por leer qué es lo que pasa a continuación y qué tiene en mente Dan Wells para el destino de estos personajes. Espero también que sigamos viendo escenas crudas y explícitas, porque eso hace a esta saga tan única y diferente. Pero principalmente, estoy ansioso por conocer más profundamente a John y por saber qué hay en su cabeza. Como dije, la psicología de este personaje me parece el punto principal y más atractivo de estos libros, así que me emociona ver cómo eso va a desarrollarse próximamente. CONCLUSIÓNNo soy el señor monstruo es una segunda parte muy fuerte. En mi opinión superó al primero con creces y me mostró un lado de la literatura juvenil más sangrienta, explícita y adulta que ciertamente me sorprendió. Planeo sin dudas continuar con los siguientes libros, así que esperen las respectivas reseñas próximamente.Se preguntarán, sin embargo, por qué no le di 5 estrellas. Un solo motivo.Creo que en varias ocasiones los personajes tenían diálogos bastante problemáticos y cuestionables. Se tocan temas muy sensibles en varias partes del libro y creo que no siempre se hace de la mejor manera, lo cual puede llegar a ofender o chocar a más de una persona. Es por eso que les daría a estos libros un trigger warning. No es para todo el mundo.En conclusión, esta fue una novela que me sorprendió y me gustó bastante. Les recomiendo esta saga si buscan algo que sea capaz de dejarles los pelos de punta. Se los aseguro, pasa en más de una ocasión.