A review by sevaspeto
Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey

4.0

I was fairly on the fence about this for a *good* bulk of it. One of my complaints about the first entry in the Sandman Slim series was that the dialogue and narration felt too pulpy and witty and inauthentic. But without delving into spoiler territory, there's a good section of this book that deviates from that pulpy, witty style of writing and I found that I *immediately* missed it. It's part of our hero's attitude and demeanor and maybe it's Kadrey's signature voice. I'm actually highly motivated to read something of his outside the Sandman Slim series to confirm or deny that now, haha.

Although I thought the central storyline of "Sandman Slim" was stronger than "Kill The Dead", this book is a solid continuation of the story and extends the world-building a bit further. If you dug "Sandman Slim", you'll definitely enjoy "Kill The Dead". And now that I've delved deeper into the universe and made peace with his voice and the characters, I'm definitely interested in tearing through the rest of the novels in this series =0)