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Inconceivable: a novel
A serial killer who cannot stand the sight of blood. His partner, who cannot decipher human behavior. A mission to make the world a better place—one death at a time.
By inheriting a cabin in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, outside of Seattle, two killers discover an ideal location to advance their goals. For a price. To pursue this opportunity they must face new territory, build new strategies, and start fresh with a thriving social scene that conceals their private hobby.
Inconceivable is a deadly thriller that draws readers into the haunted minds of two men who depend on each other to balance crippling weaknesses, battle their demons, and defy society.
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Reader discretion highly advised.
By inheriting a cabin in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, outside of Seattle, two killers discover an ideal location to advance their goals. For a price. To pursue this opportunity they must face new territory, build new strategies, and start fresh with a thriving social scene that conceals their private hobby.
Inconceivable is a deadly thriller that draws readers into the haunted minds of two men who depend on each other to balance crippling weaknesses, battle their demons, and defy society.
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Reader discretion highly advised.
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265 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2015
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April 3, 2020
The cover is a poor indicator of the quality within.
By the end, I lost my distaste. I’m a sensitive person. This is not the kind of book I would usually read. I don’t enjoy the “true crime” genre that’s now en vogue. I couldn’t let the book go.
Excellently written, throughout characterization. The writer cultivated & maintained the invaluable feeling of genuine (sick?) curiosity. The characters initially repulsed me- specifically Darcy and his treatment of Con.
This book would have lost me to my distaste if it did not, among other things, place me, intimately, in first person.
The chapters alternated primarily between Darcy & Con’s point of view. Their voices rich, distinct, harmonious. I am loathe to read a book that switches between characters’ points of view. Most writers cannot craft these voices uniquely or have them effectively support consistent characterization. Confusion or a sense of distraction typically result. Instead, I became eager for the switch between Con, Darcy or any other of the limited supporting characters whom provided further insight into the two protagonists.
This book successfully held my attention by slowly, deliberately and casually leaking defining lines, shadow, color into foreground, middle ground, background. The development of this book is delicious. The crescendo and resolution are tightly intermingled. So that the end is utterly valuable. And everything before it. Every crumb scattered or placed over the chapters.
Heed the warnings. I was sickly fascinated, drawn along & unsure if I, like Con, was being manipulated by Darcy. There are people who will hate both characters, they are the archetypal, utterly incomprehensible boogeymen of civil society whom you’d never know. Yet, because they play the game of civil society- acquaintances & “friends” will find it “inconceivable” they’d ever kill.
By the end, their humanity feels inarguable. You get the feeling, what produced these killers could happen to anyone. In a world that could not heal them, their were each others’ succor.
By the end, I lost my distaste. I’m a sensitive person. This is not the kind of book I would usually read. I don’t enjoy the “true crime” genre that’s now en vogue. I couldn’t let the book go.
Excellently written, throughout characterization. The writer cultivated & maintained the invaluable feeling of genuine (sick?) curiosity. The characters initially repulsed me- specifically Darcy and his treatment of Con.
This book would have lost me to my distaste if it did not, among other things, place me, intimately, in first person.
The chapters alternated primarily between Darcy & Con’s point of view. Their voices rich, distinct, harmonious. I am loathe to read a book that switches between characters’ points of view. Most writers cannot craft these voices uniquely or have them effectively support consistent characterization. Confusion or a sense of distraction typically result. Instead, I became eager for the switch between Con, Darcy or any other of the limited supporting characters whom provided further insight into the two protagonists.
This book successfully held my attention by slowly, deliberately and casually leaking defining lines, shadow, color into foreground, middle ground, background. The development of this book is delicious. The crescendo and resolution are tightly intermingled. So that the end is utterly valuable. And everything before it. Every crumb scattered or placed over the chapters.
Heed the warnings. I was sickly fascinated, drawn along & unsure if I, like Con, was being manipulated by Darcy. There are people who will hate both characters, they are the archetypal, utterly incomprehensible boogeymen of civil society whom you’d never know. Yet, because they play the game of civil society- acquaintances & “friends” will find it “inconceivable” they’d ever kill.
By the end, their humanity feels inarguable. You get the feeling, what produced these killers could happen to anyone. In a world that could not heal them, their were each others’ succor.
July 10, 2021
Added to my 2021 PopSugar book challenge for prompt #36. A book that has less than 1k reviews on Amazon or Goodreads. This fit the prompt way better than my other choice.
Between a 4 and a 4.5 I guess. Wow what a sleeper hit. As of this review there are only 5 written reviews. Wild. This book isn’t for everyone. It’s not even for most or many.
It is DARK, it is SICK, it is NOT a romance but it’s something. We follow two pretty messed up people in the book. Rape and murder, Raping WHILE murdering if you get down to it. Hannibal “kill the rude” vibes, all the way. And yet after the first two chapters I was captivated. I only ran across this because I saw it on Aleksandr Voinov’s favourate shelf. Glad I did.
Between a 4 and a 4.5 I guess. Wow what a sleeper hit. As of this review there are only 5 written reviews. Wild. This book isn’t for everyone. It’s not even for most or many.
It is DARK, it is SICK, it is NOT a romance but it’s something. We follow two pretty messed up people in the book. Rape and murder, Raping WHILE murdering if you get down to it. Hannibal “kill the rude” vibes, all the way. And yet after the first two chapters I was captivated. I only ran across this because I saw it on Aleksandr Voinov’s favourate shelf. Glad I did.
August 16, 2019
Genuinely enjoyed this book. It's a true hidden gem, so much so that Everybody's Dead Podcast did an entire episode on it. (http://everybodysdeadpodcast.libsyn.c...)
November 24, 2020
Again, between 3 and 4 stars. Closer to 4 I think though.
Not for the faint hearted! Lots of warnings here.
This was such an interesting way to write the story. I loved the idea behind it and, even though it started off slow to begin with, it became clear it was to help get the reader into the mindset between these two main characters.
Sometimes I have a hard time when POV switches especially when random outsiders are added into the mix, but besides a few, I think that aspect was done well.
I thought the ending was absolutely perfect. I was wondering how it could possibly go and was extremely pleased and actually surprised by it.
Great job Taylor! I will check out other books by this author as well.
Not for the faint hearted! Lots of warnings here.
This was such an interesting way to write the story. I loved the idea behind it and, even though it started off slow to begin with, it became clear it was to help get the reader into the mindset between these two main characters.
Sometimes I have a hard time when POV switches especially when random outsiders are added into the mix, but besides a few, I think that aspect was done well.
I thought the ending was absolutely perfect. I was wondering how it could possibly go and was extremely pleased and actually surprised by it.
Great job Taylor! I will check out other books by this author as well.
September 15, 2020
Holy Hell.
I couldn't put it down, it was such an amazing story that is unlike any other. It reminded me of quil carter's "silent ground" with the MCs and it was perfect. The characters the angst the terrible terrible pasts, it was so original and refreshing. It's going to be really hard to find a book that matches this.
I couldn't put it down, it was such an amazing story that is unlike any other. It reminded me of quil carter's "silent ground" with the MCs and it was perfect. The characters the angst the terrible terrible pasts, it was so original and refreshing. It's going to be really hard to find a book that matches this.
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