11.7k reviews for:

Notes on an Execution

Danya Kukafka

4.11 AVERAGE

asaimegumi's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Sexual violence, Murder

Moderate: Violence, Abandonment

twoheadednik's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense

qwazyness's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maddyjmartinezwilcox's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readingbotanist's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

elizzywriting's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense medium-paced

emilychinn's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emmaflammang's review against another edition

3.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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This was an uncomfortable read for sure. The killers POV is told from 2nd perspective and creates this very chilling and eerie atmosphere with the reader. 

aliciarodd's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maggers94's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is the kind of book that will absolutely stick with me. I loved the writing and the way the story jumps between Ansel’s hours before his execution with the lives of the women around him. There is some great commentary on how victims are portrayed in comparison to their killers when it comes to true crime. The way Ansel also desperately clings to his theory as a way to set himself apart from other killers and give himself an inflated sense of importance ends up having the opposite effect, instead portraying him as a pathetic and insignificant. There were so many passages that will stick with me, especially the ending, and I am so glad I picked this up