Review by grumpyreading - Kill Your Darlings

grumpyreading 's review for:

Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson

3.75

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

🔪 Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson 🔪

MY RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

Thom and Wendy Graves seem happily married, but Wendy wants to kill her husband. Told in reverse, their story reveals a dark secret from their past that has kept them bound together, forcing them to question if it's worth holding on to.

I enjoyed reading this! It wasn’t as twisty and turny and mysterious as Peter Swansons books usually are, but I enjoyed just going through the story. It started in the present with the main event, and then went back through their lives showing what led up to the event. While I found this fun, I feel like for a book like this, it took away a lot of the thrill. There are some surprises towards the end I enjoyed, but I wasn’t waiting to see what was going to happen, and at some points it felt like not much was going on. I did read it quickly and enjoy it!

Read this if you like:

being along for the ride
unique story structures
mundane characters (not in a bad way)

Vibes: 🔪🛁🏊🫸🥃📝📖👨🏻‍🏫

Song that matches the vibe: Two Ghosts by Harry Styles

Full review including content warnings on my StoryGraph.

Content Warnings