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Liquid Soul

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Mr. Carter's first novel not only is an impressive offering to the Psychological Thriller genre but is so well written and believable that you almost feel you are reading a nonfiction recounting of events by the actual perpetrator. Very few authors I have read actually succeeded in getting inside the psyche of a serial killer with any amount of believability.

Meet the man with no discernible name, with no discernible features, in no discernible location. He is any man that you may see walk down the street and merely glance over without a second thought. This man however is special, he is addicted to something he calls Liquid Soul.

He starting getting addicted to Liquid Soul when he was mugged and in self defense pulled his pocket knife and cut the man. The moment his blood reached his hands he felt the man's soul leave his body and join with his giving him not only a glimpse into moments in the man's life, but the feeling of becoming the man during the experience.

He knew then he couldn't stop. He had to find others. He had to see what man people tic.

Then came the celebrity, the mother, the boxer, the bodybuilder, the CEO, the child, the old man, the policeman, the psychopath, the homeless man, among a few others. He decided to build his own family, make them apart of something since they shared themselves with him, he had to give something back.

After all, they were still kind enough to talk to him after they died and be apart of this glorious new world he was building with his new found gift.

This book will make your skin crawl and disturb you in ways I can guarantee you that you haven't been before no matter how many other authors you had read in this genre. The only question I have after closing the back cover is when will Mr. Carter thrill me with another offering?

I am an avid reader,"Liquid Soul," is captivating, spell-binding, a non-stop read.
Read most in one sitting, you don't want to come up for air! Live with a most criminal
mind, journaling every plan, every thought and every feeling. He's addicted to the thing he
Loss...and through the addiction places himself deep in the recesses of SOUL of another....

I've often wondered went on in the mind of people overall but especially those that commit crimes. Mr. Carter allowed me to glimpse inside this world, if only for a while, in his first novel, Liquid Soul. From the first taste of the mugger's blood to the height of the addiction, one can truly envision the thoughts, feelings and desires of those he kills as if they are experiencing it personally. Mr. Carter's psychological thriller, takes you through the addiction process, allowing you to experience a range of emotions-- joy, sadness, and fear-- thus, my only regret was that the journey had to end. It was a well written page turner which forces me to wait anxiously for Mr. Carter's next thriller.

Certain addictions drive people to do things that are condemnable. "Liquid Soul" is the story of a man who calls himself an agent of the crimson exchange, who can live and experience the lives of others, but only if they die by his hands. The experiences are addictive, and the man, who has nothing else to strive for, only finds the killings continue. "Liquid Soul" is an intriguing journey into experience and memory, highly recommended.

As you all know, I'm a sucker for scariness. I'm not sure why but I'm attracted to the darkness. I'm always looking for books that will creep me out. I guess because I've been reading supposedly "scary" books for as long as I can remember, so they don't affect me the way they used to. This book creeped me out. Thank you Matt! You've done your job:)

Liquid Soul is about a killer who gets his thrills from seeing a piece of his victims souls. In order to accomplish this, the blood of his victims has to touch him. Once the high has worn off, this killer is filled with sadness. He can never recreate that moment, so if he saw something he really liked, he is haunted by the memory of what he will never again experience. He doesn't know until the blood is shed what the victims soul will show. His experiences are a complete surprise. If he begins feeling something horrible, he cannot escape it until he is thrown back into himself.

If you are addicted to freaky books, I suggest you pick this one up. You can follow this killer's and victims lives and if you have a vivid imagination, you can feel what he feels.

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I struggled through this book to about the halfway point and had to put it down. The premise and idea for the book was very well thought out and chilling :o) but the chapters were too short and left me feeling gypped at the end of each one. Every chapter followed the same formula: he kills someone, experiences some memories, and reflects on why he needs to do this. Nothing really happens, there was no climax. It was so frustrating. Also, whoever edited this book seriously overlooked some major things, such as the confusion of "where" and "were" and leaving in sentence fragments. Something I loved about the book, however, was how the killer buried his victims and thought of them like part of a family. THAT WAS AMAZING, very very cool. But it took me so long to just get through half the book because it didn't hold my interest. I'm sorry, other people seem to love it. Maybe someday I'll pick it up again and finish it but not at this time.

Liquid Soul is quite a disturbing and gross read, following a killer who discovers his ability to briefly transport himself into the lives of others upon their blood spilling out over his skin. Yet reading the stories of the lives he takes, and the vivid descriptions of his adventures coupled with his own lonely, sad life, actually makes the reader oddly feel for, and almost root for the continued success of this killer.
This story is as gruesome as a horror story can get, but on the other hand it lacks a bit of background to it, leaving the reader wondering throughout the story with no resolution even in the end.