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A review by billblume
Hit by Delilah S. Dawson
4.0
I’ve been meaning to read Hit by Delilah S. Dawson for a long time, and in a weird way, I’m glad I waited. I think this is one of those rare books that’s improving with age.
The novel came out in 2015, during the Obama era, and the notion of an American government taken over by a bank probably sounded far-fetched. In 2018, Dawson looks like a soothsayer. That’s not to say the book doesn’t feel over-the-too at times, but while Hit delivers an intense plot, it reads more like an entertaining and disturbing character study into how being forced to kill for Valor Savings in order to repay her mother’s financial debt changes Patsy, who’s spent her life poor and is very much the epitome of a “goody two shoes.”
I think my biggest concern was what would happen in the storyline regarding Wyatt. He’s the son of the first person Patsy has to kill and the brother of the last name on the list of people Valor Savings wants her to kill. I’m impressed at how Dawson makes the idea of Wyatt staying with Patsy to drive her to her kills and even protect her at times actually work. On the surface, that seems implausible, but it’s a pairing that works. You can tell Wyatt is holding back something from Patsy, and I was relieved it didn’t end up being a twist I expected (and would have hated).
It’s worth noting that I borrowed the audiobook version of this book. The reader Rebekkah Ross does a nice job with the material.
The ending satisfied me, even though it leaves a lot of plot threads unresolved. I’ll definitely be adding the sequel to my TBR list after posting this review.
The novel came out in 2015, during the Obama era, and the notion of an American government taken over by a bank probably sounded far-fetched. In 2018, Dawson looks like a soothsayer. That’s not to say the book doesn’t feel over-the-too at times, but while Hit delivers an intense plot, it reads more like an entertaining and disturbing character study into how being forced to kill for Valor Savings in order to repay her mother’s financial debt changes Patsy, who’s spent her life poor and is very much the epitome of a “goody two shoes.”
I think my biggest concern was what would happen in the storyline regarding Wyatt. He’s the son of the first person Patsy has to kill and the brother of the last name on the list of people Valor Savings wants her to kill. I’m impressed at how Dawson makes the idea of Wyatt staying with Patsy to drive her to her kills and even protect her at times actually work. On the surface, that seems implausible, but it’s a pairing that works. You can tell Wyatt is holding back something from Patsy, and I was relieved it didn’t end up being a twist I expected (and would have hated).
It’s worth noting that I borrowed the audiobook version of this book. The reader Rebekkah Ross does a nice job with the material.
The ending satisfied me, even though it leaves a lot of plot threads unresolved. I’ll definitely be adding the sequel to my TBR list after posting this review.