The Seven Days of Peter Crumb: A Novel (P.S.)

Okay - it's been compared to American Psycho because, I suppose, the main character is a psychopath. However, in American Psycho, the main character is written as a functional person, living a functional life; this is not the case in Crumb... he's a raving lunatic who pisses in his own pants on the bus.

And there really isn't a story here. There's no plot, no storyline, no conclusion: we see 7 days in a lunatics head - complete with raving hallucinations and several gory and detailed murders. So. As a babbling examination of what it might be like in a crazy person's head, it's mildly interesting. But as a novel in which you'd expect there to be some storyline or a plot with some sort of resolution, it's a complete flop.

It is very graphic show more and creepy. I wish there had been some storyline to it that would have made all this smooth, detailed and creative writing worth the time it takes to read. show less

I originally picked this one up because of the simple but effective artwork on the cover. The premise sounded promising: our hero has seven days left to live and he was told to write everything down about this last week and it begins with something like: "I am not a good man, I am not a bad man, in seven days I will be dead.." I was intrigued.

And the writing is quite good. It is a very easy book to read and the book itself is not that long so a nice filler novel to prepare for the next lengthy tome.

My major problem with it was that as you read further into the week of Peter Crumb, you discover just how messed up this character is and what an utterly evil psychopath he really is, and this character I wasn't really prepared for.

Still, I show more read the book and it remained a quick and easy read but it left me wondering about the author and how on earth anyone could imagine somebody this twisted. I'm still not sure if I liked it or not. It's not necessarily a bad book, just a subject matter I wasn't really in the mood for and the paragraph on the back cover simply doesn't prepare you for Peter Crumb. show less

Fantastic first novel! Very, very dark. If you can't handle ultra violence, don't read it.

American Pyscho for inner-city London. The mentally disturbed Crumb goes on a week-long spree of violence and debauchery which he believes will culminate in his own suicide.

A very twisted book about a person you you would not want to spend time with

Scary but fascinating!

Engrossing diary of a madman.