A review by thedustbunnyslibrary
Kill River by Cameron Roubique
4.0
3.8 rounded up.
At the start of the book, the simplistic, sort of juvenile, writing style with a desperate attempt to cram as many 80’s references into the first few pages as possible made me hesitant to keep reading. But I’m glad I did! Despite redundancies and really basic sentence structure I had sooo much fun once I warmed up to it!!
The characters, especially the boys, reminded me of kids I went to school with, so there was some nostalgic charm in them. I loved the dialogue, the visuals in this book are great, there’s some cheesiness which is what you want in an 80s slasher. Stupid decisions are made. The pacing’s on the slow side but it kept me on the edge of my seat and I loved it.
I thought the Smiley was a little cliche, a better mascot definitely could’ve been thought up. And the kids being 13/14 was an odd choice, maybe 15/16 would’ve been a little better if not only because that’s closer to the age we normally see in teen slashers. The last few chapters dragged a bit but nothing unbearable. Overall these “flaws” didn’t make a huge difference to me, and I completely loved the (predictable) end of the story! This was an exciting summertime read!
At the start of the book, the simplistic, sort of juvenile, writing style with a desperate attempt to cram as many 80’s references into the first few pages as possible made me hesitant to keep reading. But I’m glad I did! Despite redundancies and really basic sentence structure I had sooo much fun once I warmed up to it!!
The characters, especially the boys, reminded me of kids I went to school with, so there was some nostalgic charm in them. I loved the dialogue, the visuals in this book are great, there’s some cheesiness which is what you want in an 80s slasher. Stupid decisions are made. The pacing’s on the slow side but it kept me on the edge of my seat and I loved it.
I thought the Smiley was a little cliche, a better mascot definitely could’ve been thought up. And the kids being 13/14 was an odd choice, maybe 15/16 would’ve been a little better if not only because that’s closer to the age we normally see in teen slashers. The last few chapters dragged a bit but nothing unbearable. Overall these “flaws” didn’t make a huge difference to me, and I completely loved the (predictable) end of the story! This was an exciting summertime read!