How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways
Author - Eve Killman
Release Date - May 14, 2024
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spice 🌶 - 0
scare 😱 - 2
plot 📖 - 3.5
characters 🧍- 3
stars ⭐ - 3
How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways was quite the read. At first, I was really into the book. The protagonist's inner monologues were quite humourous and she was pretty relatable. Then it escalated, first it was just extra judgemental remarks about everything and then slowly spiraled into full-blown psychopathy.
The author tries to get us to sympathize with Millie and bring a more relatable light to psychopaths. Kellman is pretty successful in her efforts and I did have moments of sympathy for her. However, the blatant acts of someone desperate and psychotic could not be looked over.
You are stuck in the head of a budding psychopath until about 85% of the way in and then all he** breaks loose. While I did enjoy the last 15% of the book much more because it was quick-paced and packed a punch it was VERY heavy. I will list the trigger warnings at the end, but just know some of them were not easy to get through.
This is Kellman's debut novel, a very good one at that. The majority of the plot was slow and the lack of immersion into the plot and characters is what kept me from a higher rating.
Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
TW: SA, molestation, domestic abuse, date rape drugs, detailed murder scenes, and suicidal thoughts and actions. Had I known of the trigger warnings I probably would not have read this book.
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