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The Killing Game by Kate Bold

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shadowy_disaster's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

sarareyes8's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

angelrrose88's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I'll give it 3 stars. It was ok. Typical female police officer who needs to prove herself. A partner who she runs from because she can do it on her own but does need him in the end. A bad guy who thinks he's the best and tries to get in her head for her to not give in. I listened on audio and the narrators voice was subpar. Took place on southern az where I'm from and he misprounced some of the cities. So I wasn't a fan. Probably won't read the other 2 tbh.

vmcdade's review

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The writing isn’t great, it feels like everything was predictable and the characters were one dimensional stereotypes. There is also some problematic language throughout, for example a character saying someone had a Mexican accent because he was hispanic, amongst other things. I felt like we were supposed to like the main character but she was my least favorite person in the book. She didn’t grow at all and was dismissive and selfish often. The killer only spoke in cliches and was unnecessarily violent, to the point it felt like gore/trauma porn and not details to advance the plot. A lot of the investigation was unrealistic too.

Overall not so bad I stopped reading, but won’t be continuing the series with this main character.

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