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A review by theonionboy
Sock by Penn Jillette
3.0
I fully knew what I was getting into when I started this book, thanks to so many reviews on sites like this. But I am having a hard time putting my thoughts into words for this book, or even picking a rating. I liked that it was so different from other books. It was dark, but at times I wondered if the author was doing so for shock value. I didn't understand the point of the pop culture reference at the end of almost every paragraph. Few of them contributed much to the story.
The ending seemed a little anti-climatic in the sense that the motivation of the killer was less complex that it should have been, given the story that led up to it. It felt like the author was using the story as a chance to vent some of his frustrations with organized religion more than just completing the story.
Having said all that, my opinion of the book is not as bad as it may sound. I just wanted to point a few things that bothered me a bit. Overall I enjoyed the book as something off the beaten path, and I felt the author did a good job.
The ending seemed a little anti-climatic in the sense that the motivation of the killer was less complex that it should have been, given the story that led up to it. It felt like the author was using the story as a chance to vent some of his frustrations with organized religion more than just completing the story.
Having said all that, my opinion of the book is not as bad as it may sound. I just wanted to point a few things that bothered me a bit. Overall I enjoyed the book as something off the beaten path, and I felt the author did a good job.