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Kimberly's Capital Punishment by Richard Milward
4.0
Kimberly's Capital Punishment is an adult's choose your own ending book - not something you see very often and such a unique idea. It follows Kimberley through the death of her boyfriend Stevie and then subsequently her own death, where you can decide her fate.
I struggled with the story in the first third of the book, it's a bit of a slog and I can understand if people don't make it through that. However, I feel that it's truly worth that hardship to make it to the part where she meets Death. From that point on the book is enjoyable, to a certain extent. This novel is not for everyone, in fact I'd say most people wouldn't enjoy it - it is crass, vulgar and quite frankly repugnant in places. It deals with suicide, incest, rape and a few other similar topics - there were sections I really wasn't sure why I kept reading. Kimberly is also a complete moron and I felt very frustrated with her actions over and over again. However, it is incredibly clever and how Richard Milward ties everything in together is brilliant.
3.5stars rounded up to 5.
I struggled with the story in the first third of the book, it's a bit of a slog and I can understand if people don't make it through that. However, I feel that it's truly worth that hardship to make it to the part where she meets Death. From that point on the book is enjoyable, to a certain extent. This novel is not for everyone, in fact I'd say most people wouldn't enjoy it - it is crass, vulgar and quite frankly repugnant in places. It deals with suicide, incest, rape and a few other similar topics - there were sections I really wasn't sure why I kept reading. Kimberly is also a complete moron and I felt very frustrated with her actions over and over again. However, it is incredibly clever and how Richard Milward ties everything in together is brilliant.
3.5stars rounded up to 5.