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Serial Killer Games
by Kate Posey
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I thought this was going to be a silly fun time about two serial killers falling in love.
So why was I sobbing 80% in to the story?
This is, at its core, a deeply emotional story about death and life and taking care of people (both in a nurturing way and an ending their life sort of way). As Jake says, "I love taking care of things - and people. It's my MO"
At the beginning, I didn't really know where this was going - what are the secrets these two people hold close to their chests? Which one of them is a murderer (and there are a couple - though they're not really who I expected them to be!)?
But around halfway through, this story showed itself to be about grief. And loss. Grief for lives cut too short, the loss of a future. The loss of all those roads not taken because there just wasn't enough time. And though it was ostensibly about death from the beginning, it became even more so. at this point About how to die, when to die, and even who gets to cause our death.
And it's also about love. Because those two often go hand-in-hand so nicely. The love we accept when we don't think we deserve it. When we know that allowing the love will hurt all involved. It's about two people scared to allow themselves to be noticed, and the growing circle of family they choose to keep around them (and the ones they push away). I enjoyed it so much.
Kate Posey's writing is top notch, and this is such an impressive debut. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next!
Thank you, as always, to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for review. All opinions are my own.
So why was I sobbing 80% in to the story?
This is, at its core, a deeply emotional story about death and life and taking care of people (both in a nurturing way and an ending their life sort of way). As Jake says, "I love taking care of things - and people. It's my MO"
At the beginning, I didn't really know where this was going - what are the secrets these two people hold close to their chests? Which one of them is a murderer (and there are a couple - though they're not really who I expected them to be!)?
But around halfway through, this story showed itself to be about grief. And loss. Grief for lives cut too short, the loss of a future. The loss of all those roads not taken because there just wasn't enough time. And though it was ostensibly about death from the beginning, it became even more so. at this point About how to die, when to die, and even who gets to cause our death.
And it's also about love. Because those two often go hand-in-hand so nicely. The love we accept when we don't think we deserve it. When we know that allowing the love will hurt all involved. It's about two people scared to allow themselves to be noticed, and the growing circle of family they choose to keep around them (and the ones they push away). I enjoyed it so much.
Kate Posey's writing is top notch, and this is such an impressive debut. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next!
Thank you, as always, to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for review. All opinions are my own.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder