5 stars for Psycho (Psycho book 1) by Robert Bloch.
I choose to read this book right after The Sun Down Motel, not because I want to read yet another story that revolves around a motel, but rather because the Sun Down mentions Norman Bates more than once and it piques my interest. I certainly didn't know and have no idea that Psycho centers on the Bates Motel, that it is about a 40-year old Norman Bates running a motel and attending to his mother. Well, it seems to me now that given the appropriate setting, a motel can be easily turned into an excellent house of horrors.
Psycho is a deeply memorable story about a psycho (what else) who has serious mother-son issues. It may be categorised as horror, but it is not one involved with supernatural effects, instead, it has got more to do with the dark side of human mind. The scary part is that the horror is not in the motel but in the head.
The story is exceptionally well written with a well-thought-out plan. We know who the psycho is in this story. It is revealed early in the story but knowing who the psycho is does not dampen the suspense nor the anticipation of what is to come, instead it adds more thrill and makes me look even more forward to finding out more.
Though the development of the story and chain of events give me the shudders, I actually feel sorry for the psycho at the end of the story. It is not quite what I have expected but it is definitely one unusual story, and a sad one too.
Publisher: Robert Hale & Company
Publication date: 28 Feb 2013
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It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy at the Bates motel. Exhausted, lost, and at the end of her rope, she was eager for a hot shower and a bed for the night. Her room was musty but clean and the plumbing worked. Norman Bates, the manager, seemed nice, if a little odd.
*Blurb from Goodreads*
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