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summary of 4906 ratings (see reviews)
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Violence (5 reviewers), Animal death (5 reviewers), Child death (5 reviewers), Blood (4 reviewers), Animal cruelty (4 reviewers), Death (4 reviewers), Grief (2 reviewers), Pedophilia (2 reviewers), Alcoholism (1 reviewer), Bullying (1 reviewer), Kidnapping (1 reviewer), Gore (1 reviewer), Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer), Drug use (1 reviewer), and Body horror (1 reviewer)Moderate
Pedophilia (2 reviewers), Sexual content (1 reviewer), Vomit (1 reviewer), and Drug use (1 reviewer)Moods
mysterious 79%
tense 69%
emotional 34%
sad 20%
challenging 13%
adventurous 5%
reflective 4%
funny 1%
Pace
fast 23%
slow 17%
Strong character development?
Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 24% | No: 21%Loveable characters?
No: 53% | It's complicated: 42% | Yes: 2% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 87% | Yes: 7% | N/A: 4% | It's complicated: 1%Flaws of characters centre-stage?
Yes: 95% | It's complicated: 1% | N/A: 1% | No: 1%Average rating
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Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice" of Kinnakee, Kansas. She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret secret society obsessed with notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben. Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club—for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer.
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Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice" of Kinnakee, Kansas. She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret secret society obsessed with notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben. Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club—for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer.
What the community thinks
summary of 4906 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
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Violence (5 reviewers), Animal death (5 reviewers), Child death (5 reviewers), Blood (4 reviewers), Animal cruelty (4 reviewers), Death (4 reviewers), Grief (2 reviewers), Pedophilia (2 reviewers), Alcoholism (1 reviewer), Bullying (1 reviewer), Kidnapping (1 reviewer), Gore (1 reviewer), Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer), Drug use (1 reviewer), and Body horror (1 reviewer)Moderate
Pedophilia (2 reviewers), Sexual content (1 reviewer), Vomit (1 reviewer), and Drug use (1 reviewer)Moods
mysterious 79%
tense 69%
emotional 34%
sad 20%
challenging 13%
adventurous 5%
reflective 4%
funny 1%
Pace
fast 23%
slow 17%
Strong character development?
Yes: 54% | It's complicated: 24% | No: 21%Loveable characters?
No: 53% | It's complicated: 42% | Yes: 2% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 87% | Yes: 7% | N/A: 4% | It's complicated: 1%Flaws of characters centre-stage?
Yes: 95% | It's complicated: 1% | N/A: 1% | No: 1%Average rating