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A review by okiecozyreader
The Last Word by Taylor Adams
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
This one, to me, was like watching one of those horror movies that you are waiting for all the bad things to happen to someone in slow motion.
The plot idea seems based on the Goodreads author who threatened someone and showed up on her door for giving her a bad review. This book takes it a step further with murder. There are some twists, but I wasn’t surprised in the end, who it was, but I thought it was a unique idea.
The audiobook with dual narrators (Emma and the killer) was fantastic.
“That night Emma’s killer wouldn’t be limited by his background or his skill set, with a little prep time, he could be whatever he wished to be, a Swiss Army knife, a shapeshifter, the sum of the internet’s deepest darkest knowledge: how to pick a lock, how to tie a clove hitch, how to slice a carotid artery, how to pass a police polygraph test, this was his greatest power.” Ch 9
“H G Kane has been toying with her, hinting in his own devilish way, that he is closer than she realizes, that he commands an omniscient power, that she’s trapped in his story, where not even a sapsucker falls without his knowing.” Ch 10
The plot idea seems based on the Goodreads author who threatened someone and showed up on her door for giving her a bad review. This book takes it a step further with murder. There are some twists, but I wasn’t surprised in the end, who it was, but I thought it was a unique idea.
The audiobook with dual narrators (Emma and the killer) was fantastic.
“That night Emma’s killer wouldn’t be limited by his background or his skill set, with a little prep time, he could be whatever he wished to be, a Swiss Army knife, a shapeshifter, the sum of the internet’s deepest darkest knowledge: how to pick a lock, how to tie a clove hitch, how to slice a carotid artery, how to pass a police polygraph test, this was his greatest power.” Ch 9
“H G Kane has been toying with her, hinting in his own devilish way, that he is closer than she realizes, that he commands an omniscient power, that she’s trapped in his story, where not even a sapsucker falls without his knowing.” Ch 10
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death