blackrose22 's review for:

True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik

3.5

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The beginning of the book was great! There was a nice momentum to the plot and I was very intrigued. About halfway through, it really slows down and it didn't pick back up from there. I devoured the first 80 pages, the 60 after that were kind of difficult though. True Crime is probably the best written I've read of modern extreme horror if rather plain at times. Kolesnik has a great sense of focus in her writing while still giving nice gorey details. The dynamic between Suzy, Lim, and Mama is rather disturbing. However, I feel the strangeness between Suzy and Lim could have been emphasized more. I always felt like there was something more to their relationship that wasn't being put to the page. I wish the second half kept the pace of the first half and the narrative could have been more extreme, but overall I enjoyed reading it over the past 2 days.