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A review by bunnieslikediamonds
Ill Will by Dan Chaon
4.0
Reading other reviews I'm thinking it's probably a good thing I listened to this on Audible. Those formatting quirks would have annoyed me in print version, but with the audiobook I just blithely sailed past them, a tad confused maybe, but not annoyed.
This is pretty dark, in a way that reminded me a little of J. Robert Lennon, especially his latest, Broken River. Original and unnerving, without the usual gratuitous serial killer stuff. There is a serial killer, and several unreliable narrators, and not only one but two moms with cancer, and also lots of fake satanism and hard drugs. Had I known this going in, I probably would have been less than enthusiastic, but I had no expectations and was impressed by how well Chaon held it all together. The ending doesn't provide all the answers, but while I understand why that would frustrate some readers, I felt that it made perfect sense for this story.
This is pretty dark, in a way that reminded me a little of J. Robert Lennon, especially his latest, Broken River. Original and unnerving, without the usual gratuitous serial killer stuff. There is a serial killer, and several unreliable narrators, and not only one but two moms with cancer, and also lots of fake satanism and hard drugs. Had I known this going in, I probably would have been less than enthusiastic, but I had no expectations and was impressed by how well Chaon held it all together. The ending doesn't provide all the answers, but while I understand why that would frustrate some readers, I felt that it made perfect sense for this story.