A review by delicatedayreads
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. This author knows how to write and how to add the little details. This story, I felt myself fully inside of it. From the way it was written with the descriptions of the setting to the characters mentioned, I was really invested. It was interesting how the book went into multiple different years, and featured the mother of Ansel, a detective who knew him growing up, his wife’s twin sister, and Ansel himself as the time clocked down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Child abuse, Animal death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Child death, and Animal cruelty