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A review by benmsmith
Ladykiller by Katherine Wood
3.0
Thanks to NetGalley and Bantam for the ARC of this title.
This sort of thriller tends to not be my jam, and yet I pick up 2-3 of them a year. Multiple viewpoints! One (or maybe more?) of the narrators is unreliable for reasons that will be revealed 70% of the way into the novel! Another little Twist That Potentially Changes Things gets chucked out at around 95% as a little treat! This is absolutely by the numbers, and you set can practically set your watch to it, but it was a good turn-your-brain-off book for a few commutes.
There's a few elements of the book that are screaming "Hey, remember The Talented Mr. Ripley?" in such an unsubtle way that it's distracting, and there's maybe one too many con artists in the who's-conning-who equation happening throughout the book. Also:. This wants to be a Netflix miniseries so badly it hurts (derogatory).
This sort of thriller tends to not be my jam, and yet I pick up 2-3 of them a year. Multiple viewpoints! One (or maybe more?) of the narrators is unreliable for reasons that will be revealed 70% of the way into the novel! Another little Twist That Potentially Changes Things gets chucked out at around 95% as a little treat! This is absolutely by the numbers, and you set can practically set your watch to it, but it was a good turn-your-brain-off book for a few commutes.
There's a few elements of the book that are screaming "Hey, remember The Talented Mr. Ripley?" in such an unsubtle way that it's distracting, and there's maybe one too many con artists in the who's-conning-who equation happening throughout the book. Also: