The devil's sanctuary

Have you ever read a book that makes you go what the fuck for most of it? But then you keep reading anyway?

This is one of those books.

It was... odd. But not in a bad way. It was very different from everything I read. The closest thing I can compare it to is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - but honestly, it's nothing like that book. I think I feel a resemblance because they're both thrillers that have been translated into English. (I also never made it through Larsson's book - it was boring to me).

Max and Daniel had a fucked up childhood. They were twins raised separately and, as a result, are very very different adults. They really don't have much of a relationship, but when Max writes and asks to see Daniel while in a clinic of some sort, Daniel goes. He's a good soul.

He's a naive soul.

Max convinces him (tricks him) into switching places with him at the clinic (Daniel often wonders is this some sort of rehab clinic?) but promises to come back in a few days.

You know where this is going right? (If not, go read the summary again.)

I just didn't understand why Daniel never figured out the kind of place he was in or what kind of person his brother really was. All the signs were there. All the signs.

In the end, I couldn't put it down. I stayed up late trying to figure out the secrets of the clinic and the town. I wanted to know if Daniel would get out and if Max would be caught. This is the kind of book where the ending is not at all predictable, and you don't see it coming until it happens.