A review by yvo_about_books
Anatomy of a Killer by Romy Hausmann

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

0.0

Finished reading: April 20th 2024
DNF at 25% (85 pages)


"All of us get the odd scratch and scrape over the course of our life. And not every one is visible on the outside."

I really didn't want a second DNF in April, but in the end I just couldn't bring myself to read more. On paper, Anatomy Of A Killer should have been a perfect fit, because I love a good serial killer thriller. I was intrigued by the premise with its focus on the daughter and her trying to prove her father's innocence... I fully expected to love this story, but I guess my intuition can't always be right. I think one of the main roadblocks was the fact that I absolutely despised the writing style. Such a big clash with something so fundamental in a story is almost impossible to overcome, and that is definitely what happened here. I'm not sure if it's the translation or if the story was ment to be this way, but either way it just wasn't for me. Both the writing and plot were extremely confusing and jump all over the place, and I particularly hated the little word definitions written by a young Ann. I'm not sure why, but the badly written words just irked me enormously. On top of this, I simply couldn't stand the main character Ann, which is also a hard thing to look past as we mainly see things through her eyes. The Us chapters from the POV of the killer were at least a little more interesting, but still the writing style somehow just didn't work for me. I confess that I honestly couldn't care less about the fact if her dad was guilty or not... All in all Anatomy Of A Killer and me most definitely didn't get along despite the fact that I usually love serial killer thrillers, and I'm suspecting this author just isn't for me. Next! 
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