It was actually really hard for me to read at times because it effected me personally. But, the author decided to take us farther into the mind of someone willing to commit acts that most humans can't even begin to imagine. I wasn't expecting The Human Obsession to be so dark and gritty. They also have each provoked different emotions. The contain a few of the same characters, but each one has a different feel. What really amazed me about this series after reading this one is the fact the books are entirely different from each other. I don't know, I really liked these books, but like schindler's list they alos left me not knowing how to feel, and it only deepend the more i review the issues brought up.ĭefinetely a new favorite author and restored my faith in the book club concept! Recomended reading for those psychologically minded and open minded. Though i didn t expect it, I found myself reading more and more intensively through the night, and wound up finishing the trilogy in 3 days, then faced the startling reality I had attached to the characters, and really felt their pain and loss, and their triumphs. Somehow even the murders and numerous terrible atrocities he showcases seem soft lit and palatable, although the terror of human life becomes instantly obvious.

The stories themselves are brutal and esclaating, but not offesnive. you keep waiting for the resoultion of the moral crises, only to realize the point is to have no clarity from him but to force you to take a side along the way, which feels impossible to avoid. it seems Sommer want to mess with your mind by building up an argument then tearing it down. I've worked with a lot of mental health pros in the past and it seems this book, which was very suspenseful, is really about life. This progresses and you realize this is exactly what the author is going for.

In the first book (TMI) you are introduced to a cadre of characters who all seem hapless. I kinda joined with skeptacism becuase I have had bad experiences with these kinds of things before. Then, another friend of mine held a massice book club to raise awareness of the series. Sommer first published manufactured identity in 2009, and I first heard of this book from a friend who had him in Child development last year at ISU.

I am still troubled, to be honest by the whole concept, but like a car accident that secretly captivates me, I find myself thinking again and again about the themes in the book. I have just reread this series for the third time.

The Human Obsession by Heath Sommer