Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell

Kill All Your Darlings

David Bell

416 pages • first pub 2021 (view editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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A reader who relishes watching a grieving professor’s stolen-novel gamble spiral into an academic scandal will savor this dark, medium-burn thriller where every chapter the author didn’t write tightens a real-world murder noose around him.

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When a student disappears and is presumed dead, her professor passes off her manuscript as his own—only to find out it implicates him in an unsolved murder in this new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of The Request. After years ...

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Community Reviews

3.57
based on 749 reviews

Moods

mysterious: 86%

dark: 77%

tense: 73%

emotional: 17%

sad: 17%

adventurous: 7%

challenging: 7%

reflective: 6%

informative: 1%

Pace

21% of readers chose fast
65% of readers chose medium
12% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

50% of readers chose Plot
39% of readers chose A mix
10% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

29% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
36% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

6% of readers chose Yes
40% of readers chose Complicated
52% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

11% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
79% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

80% of readers chose Yes
13% of readers chose Complicated
4% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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