A review by smalefowles
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

When this book started out in the mind of a serial killer, I almost set it aside because I'm so tired of that narrative. Luckily the book turned out to be a brilliant and heart-wrenching interrogation of that mythos, culminating in an explosion of radical empathy. Unique and phenomenal.