readtotheend 's review for:

The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo

3.0

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I think I had really high expectations for this book because I think Koreans typically do thrillers really well - we come up with some crazy stuff! But while I am not a huge thriller reader, I could anticipate everything that was happening in this book. It's interesting though, I kind of imagined how the book would read in Korean and I do think it would probably be way better in the Korean language so I don't know if it was a translation issue but there were moments where I think if I read it in its original language, I may have appreciated the writing more than the plot. Unfortunately, it would take ages for me to read it in Korean as my reading skills are limited! That being said, the question of whether serials killers are born or made is always an interesting one.... This book definitely seems to have an opinion on it! There are references to Silence of the Lambs and it definitely had a familiar vibe to that book/movie.

Thank you to Ecco and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.