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# Jung's Demon: A serial-killer’s tale of love and madness

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desertcart.com: Jung's Demon: A serial-killer’s tale of love and madness: 9781733815109: Wighdal, Trygve E.: Books

Review: Enthralling Rhapsody of Pain (and yet, somehow funny) - “Jung’s Demon” by Wighdal is a spellbinding tale of love and pain its loss produces; a lonely madman’s journey across the continents while simultaneously offering a brutal, deep dive into his own soul, seamlessly weaved into one tightly written narrative. The writer bares his soul and takes you along the ride you could not imagine existed. Once you start reading the book you’d enter the maze of murderous madness at your own peril, but what a maze! Inside you will find a Woland-like (the Devil from Bulgakov’s “Master and Margarita”) character, Magyar the Priest, as well as Brueghel the Elder’s painting that comes alive to haunt the author and yourself alike. Both murders and love making scenes ooze from the pages, accompanied by Mozart, and surprise and startle you. And it works! This is a book of deep self-exploration; it seems strange to me that prior reviewers did not point that out more clearly. “The unexamined life is not worth living,” a dictum Socrates uttered before his death sentence seems to have been the author’s leading thought as he went on examining his pain thoroughly. Even truly gruesome murders he had committed (and described, sometimes in uncomfortable details) are not gratuitous violence but a part of an examination process. How and why did that happen? How did a loving man became a monster, a killer? Is there a redemption waiting at the end? I guess you’d have to figure that out for yourself by reading this truly extraordinary book. Read carefully and you will not fail to notice Wighdal's fine sense of humor. I’d love to read a comedy by Wighdal one day, but until he publishes one, we have his rhapsody of pain to enjoy and to learn from it. It is not an easy book to read but worth every penny and every minute invested into it. I can not recommend Wighdal’s “Jung's Demon” highly enough.
Review: “The opposite of love is not hate. It is power." - I have read quite a few books in my life but only rare birds of pray left on me a deep impression like Wighdal did with his "Jung's Demon". It is truly an unforgettable book, transgressing genres, borders (at times the book reads like a travelogue; at times like a diary of a madman) and boundaries alike. "I’d be happy if my memories would help even one single human being to either heal or kill," wrote Wighdal or his alter ago, the murderer. "Jung's Demon" treads on cognitive dissonance subtly but with brutal efficiency. Never before was I so skilfully pulled in an inner hell, feeling both great compassion and wild anger of one being incapable of resisting the lure of Wighdal's powerful storytelling. Book is delightfully spiced up with author's enviable erudition, experience, and significant sensitivity (I especially appreciated the unexpected dark sense of humour and numerous film references). And yet, it is a soul-shattering book of profound horror, raw and authentic; it should come with a warning. At first pass I wasn't able to finish the read, it was just too much for me (I went to a psychotherapist the morning after I've watched Kubrick's The Shining for the first time) but then I felt compelled to go back to it, too intrigued to mind.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,798,898 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #8,404 in Serial Killer Thrillers #9,979 in Psychological Fiction (Books) #16,103 in Murder Thrillers |
| Customer Reviews | 3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars (26) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.74 x 9 inches |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| ISBN-10  | 1733815104 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1733815109 |
| Item Weight  | 15.5 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 328 pages |
| Publication date  | August 21, 2019 |
| Publisher  | A. Wighdal & Sons, LLC |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Enthralling Rhapsody of Pain (and yet, somehow funny)
*by A***. on May 11, 2020*

“Jung’s Demon” by Wighdal is a spellbinding tale of love and pain its loss produces; a lonely madman’s journey across the continents while simultaneously offering a brutal, deep dive into his own soul, seamlessly weaved into one tightly written narrative. The writer bares his soul and takes you along the ride you could not imagine existed. Once you start reading the book you’d enter the maze of murderous madness at your own peril, but what a maze! Inside you will find a Woland-like (the Devil from Bulgakov’s “Master and Margarita”) character, Magyar the Priest, as well as Brueghel the Elder’s painting that comes alive to haunt the author and yourself alike. Both murders and love making scenes ooze from the pages, accompanied by Mozart, and surprise and startle you. And it works! This is a book of deep self-exploration; it seems strange to me that prior reviewers did not point that out more clearly. “The unexamined life is not worth living,” a dictum Socrates uttered before his death sentence seems to have been the author’s leading thought as he went on examining his pain thoroughly. Even truly gruesome murders he had committed (and described, sometimes in uncomfortable details) are not gratuitous violence but a part of an examination process. How and why did that happen? How did a loving man became a monster, a killer? Is there a redemption waiting at the end? I guess you’d have to figure that out for yourself by reading this truly extraordinary book. Read carefully and you will not fail to notice Wighdal's fine sense of humor. I’d love to read a comedy by Wighdal one day, but until he publishes one, we have his rhapsody of pain to enjoy and to learn from it. It is not an easy book to read but worth every penny and every minute invested into it. I can not recommend Wighdal’s “Jung's Demon” highly enough.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The opposite of love is not hate. It is power."
*by L***. on October 12, 2019*

I have read quite a few books in my life but only rare birds of pray left on me a deep impression like Wighdal did with his "Jung's Demon". It is truly an unforgettable book, transgressing genres, borders (at times the book reads like a travelogue; at times like a diary of a madman) and boundaries alike. "I’d be happy if my memories would help even one single human being to either heal or kill," wrote Wighdal or his alter ago, the murderer. "Jung's Demon" treads on cognitive dissonance subtly but with brutal efficiency. Never before was I so skilfully pulled in an inner hell, feeling both great compassion and wild anger of one being incapable of resisting the lure of Wighdal's powerful storytelling. Book is delightfully spiced up with author's enviable erudition, experience, and significant sensitivity (I especially appreciated the unexpected dark sense of humour and numerous film references). And yet, it is a soul-shattering book of profound horror, raw and authentic; it should come with a warning. At first pass I wasn't able to finish the read, it was just too much for me (I went to a psychotherapist the morning after I've watched Kubrick's The Shining for the first time) but then I felt compelled to go back to it, too intrigued to mind.

### ⭐ The author failed to portray the characters emotions in a comprehensible way
*by A***R on August 2, 2020*

When I bought this book I was very excited, I though “finally something different from the whole victim point of view.” However I was extremely disappointed. The concept of the book overall was great but it was poorly executed, which is a real shame. The excessive use of figurative language makes it hard to differentiate what is real from what is just an overly vivid example. The description of the books makes it seem like one is going to be able to empathize with the main character and feels bad for him, despite what he does. But the book simply makes it impossible to understand what he does and therefore impossible to empathize with him. Basically the books author failed to portray the characters emotions in a comprehensible way that was easy to understand for the reader. The whole idea of the suicide notes and the mix narrators and points of views just increases the level of confusion this book provokes. In conclusion, I was promised a psychological understanding of what goes on in a serial killers mind and received jumbled up notes and confusing phrases that left more questions than answers.

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