Books like Venom

I received a copy of this book from the author. Of my own accord, I’ve decided to review the book.While the story is interesting, I couldn’t help being reminded of a couple of books I read many years ago about Charles Sohbraj. One was written by Marie-Andrée Leclerc (a French Canadian woman who was thought to be one of his accomplices) and the other by Thomas Thompson (Serpentine). Falconer’s story is very similar but, at the same time, different. It’s only at the end that I realized he had indeed been inspired by the story of Charles Sohbraj, so my hunch was sort of right. As I said above, the story was sufficiently interesting to keep my interest going. The characters are rather well developed and one could feel Michel’s anger and hate. What did spoil the experience, though, is the amount of mistakes and typos – and the more the story advanced, the more there was. Something a round or two of proofreading/editing could solve easily. Because this is something rather important for me – blame it on former jobs as proofreader and translator – I’m giving this a 3,5 stars.