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qkat's review
3.0
This book kept be interested until the end. Overall a good serial killer mystery/ thriller. This book does touch upon some sensitive subjects such as rape, emotional and physical abuse. The protagonist made some stupid and immoral decisions and the writer slipped in her political leanings near the end...which was slightly annoying. Overall a decent read.
owls_rainbow's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
smorrison4's review
fast-paced
4.0
I was able to guess what was going on quite early in story but that did not stop me from enjoying watching the story unfold. I loved reading on as the characters figured out what was happening, who the killer was, and why they were doing it.
marawii's review
3.0
I knew who the killer was from the first chapter. Took me nearly two months to finish reading it.
But the writing style was good though.
But the writing style was good though.
livres_de_bloss's review
1.0
This isn't a very good book.
I saw this for $6 and had a laugh at the title. When I saw the above average reviews it got, despite it not being my preferred genre, I bought it.
The plot is contrived, predictable and all over the place. The beginning of the book set a good pace but once it introduced the Beth element, it became disjointed and long winded. The "reveal" happens way too early on and I found myself skimming whole chapters because the ending felt irrelevant after that with over 100 pages of unnecessary drag out.
The character of Kate was absolutely vacuous. I instantly disliked her as she was an entitled, self-righteous imbecile. How stupid do you have to be to be dating on the internet when a serial killer is after you? FFS. She's quite awful, really. She chucks her BF because she's immature and then starts obsessing over dating... what a flake.
The character of Phil was hard to take too. I felt a bit sorry for him because Kate was beastly to him but overall I didn't quite understand, was he supposed to be simple or something? Because it came across that way for sure.
The only character that had any sense at all was Kate's mother especially when she raised some exceptionally valid points regarding the whole dating farce.
This story contained far too much telling and not enough showing. The writing style was sloppy, repetitive (sometimes repeating whole phrases as if we didn't get it the first time) and uninspired. Also, WTF was the point of all the stupid Harry Potter references? Sheesh.
I highly recommend giving this one a pass.
I saw this for $6 and had a laugh at the title. When I saw the above average reviews it got, despite it not being my preferred genre, I bought it.
The plot is contrived, predictable and all over the place. The beginning of the book set a good pace but once it introduced the Beth element, it became disjointed and long winded. The "reveal" happens way too early on and I found myself skimming whole chapters because the ending felt irrelevant after that with over 100 pages of unnecessary drag out.
The character of Kate was absolutely vacuous. I instantly disliked her as she was an entitled, self-righteous imbecile. How stupid do you have to be to be dating on the internet when a serial killer is after you? FFS. She's quite awful, really. She chucks her BF because she's immature and then starts obsessing over dating... what a flake.
The character of Phil was hard to take too. I felt a bit sorry for him because Kate was beastly to him but overall I didn't quite understand, was he supposed to be simple or something? Because it came across that way for sure.
The only character that had any sense at all was Kate's mother especially when she raised some exceptionally valid points regarding the whole dating farce.
This story contained far too much telling and not enough showing. The writing style was sloppy, repetitive (sometimes repeating whole phrases as if we didn't get it the first time) and uninspired. Also, WTF was the point of all the stupid Harry Potter references? Sheesh.
I highly recommend giving this one a pass.
rowanbache's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
erinld2005's review
3.0
2.5 stars
I loved After Anna by this author, but Killing Kate fell short for me. The characters are all flat, but I was kind of intrigued by the plot so I pushed on. I probably should have DNF’d, but I was listening on audiobook and I was too lazy to search for a new one to listen to at the time. Overall, this was an okay novel. Other than the flat characters, the writing was too simplistic and the plot dragged on and on...and ON. It wasn’t terrible, but I definitely wanted it to have a faster pace and have more character depth.
I loved After Anna by this author, but Killing Kate fell short for me. The characters are all flat, but I was kind of intrigued by the plot so I pushed on. I probably should have DNF’d, but I was listening on audiobook and I was too lazy to search for a new one to listen to at the time. Overall, this was an okay novel. Other than the flat characters, the writing was too simplistic and the plot dragged on and on...and ON. It wasn’t terrible, but I definitely wanted it to have a faster pace and have more character depth.
timidbabe's review
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
emilycharlotte87's review
4.0
Got it on my kindle for 99p so I was expecting to hate it, I couldn't be more wrong!
Was really good, I kind of guessed the killer but not the story around it. Was really gripping towards the end too and I couldn't put it down.
Was really good, I kind of guessed the killer but not the story around it. Was really gripping towards the end too and I couldn't put it down.