archaicrobin's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Kill River 2 picks up where the first left off. It’s a bout a year later and Cyndi is trying to move on with her life and leave the events of let summer behind. She has a boyfriend, she has a job, and she’s looking forward to high school, but despite her determination to move forward she’s still struggling with the massacre at the water park. When Cyndi’s boyfriend Johnny begins working at an exact replica of the deadly water park she experienced a year ago, she soon has to accept the fact that her masked killer is not only still alive, but still blood thirsty.
Kill River 2 has its problems. It’s way longer than it needs to be and like the first book there are a lot of unnecessary scenes. The Kill River series is also very, very white; meaning every single character is a middle class white person. It was pretty infuriating to have another character introduced and it was just another white kid, I’d love for the next book in this series to have some diversity.
Now that my major issues with Kill River in general have been covered I can get into what I liked. In this book you can tell the author is getting more comfortable. His writing has improved from the first book and the flow of the story is so much better. While it still isn’t going to win any literary awards, I was happy to see Roubique grow as a writer. Along with the improved writing skills was the story! If you love 80s slashers, Kill River has all those classic vibes, and i actually liked Kill River 2 more than the first book. I can’t wait to see what happens with Cyndi in Kill River 3!
Kill River 2 has its problems. It’s way longer than it needs to be and like the first book there are a lot of unnecessary scenes. The Kill River series is also very, very white; meaning every single character is a middle class white person. It was pretty infuriating to have another character introduced and it was just another white kid, I’d love for the next book in this series to have some diversity.
Now that my major issues with Kill River in general have been covered I can get into what I liked. In this book you can tell the author is getting more comfortable. His writing has improved from the first book and the flow of the story is so much better. While it still isn’t going to win any literary awards, I was happy to see Roubique grow as a writer. Along with the improved writing skills was the story! If you love 80s slashers, Kill River has all those classic vibes, and i actually liked Kill River 2 more than the first book. I can’t wait to see what happens with Cyndi in Kill River 3!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Violence
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