A review by g_monaghan
Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater

dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

This was very close to being dnf'ed for me but a sense of morbid curiosity made me keep reading, no shade to the author but this book made me feel ill and grimy, i thought this was going to be a sapphic tale of obsession and whodunnit but that wasnt the case. The main character was actually vile, her personality of "I'm not like other girls" wore thin quickly and her fascination with the violent death of the person she is obsessed with was so unpleasant to read, I may have excused it if she was literally unhinged but the sad and pathetic relationship she has with that weirdo at the train station showed that she is in fact a normal boring and uninteresting person who delights in exploiting and feeding off the misery of others.
The opening starts with the main character going to a serial killer podcast and judging the other people in line for liking the 'stereotypical ones' that says it all.
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