Disclaimer: I won't being going into detail about this book because it is about an actual murderer and might be too intense for some to read this blog post.
For the second quarter I had chose a true story of an actual murderer Jeffrey Dahmer His crimes were set in the 70's leading into the early 90's. This book didn't have many characters unless you count the five minute victims that lived inside the book. Even though I don't like Jeffrey Dahmer or what he had done his backstory is actually interesting. He came from a home that showed him nothing but neglect along with a mother who was unstable mentally. Dahmer's parents eventually divorced while he was in high school because of his mother being unstable but both of his parents wanting custody over Jeffrey's younger brother but not him. This lead him down a very dark path in my opinion and you get to see through certain chapters how Jeffrey as a person actually lost any sense of morality. Everyone in his life had left him and it left some damaging effects on Jeffrey. He did confess to the police that all of his victims were going to leave him and all he wanted was for them to stay. This actually brings up the well controversial question, are people born evil or are they made? In the beginning it shows that Dahmer had some issues but nothing a doctor couldn't assist with but through it all in the very beginning, before he had committed any crimes the novel did show his as someone who wanted to be loved and appreciated but had no luck. As time goes on the novel does thoroughly show how he was hooked on the idea of love until it manifested into something toxic. I personally couldn't relate to someone like him but maybe if someone where neglected at home they could connect on that very small scale. The book was entirely focused around him the whole time and it was a bit intense at times but it gave a good insight into who he is before and after everything he did.
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