A review by morganmay
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

This book has every trigger warning you can possible think of. 

I wanted to like this so badly. But I cannot in anyway recommend this to anyone I know. I could write my own book about all of the things I felt were completely unnecessary in this book. I am a horror fan, but I don’t understand this genre of horror that is all shock factor. Why would I (or anyone) want to read 300 of just the worst thoughts you think anyone has ever thought, with little breaks for r*pe scenes OR sometimes (rarely) fully consensual sexy scenes out of NOWHERE. 

I didn’t care about any of the characters and I really wanted to!! I thought this was going to be a book where I would leave being like “hell yeah, I love (trans) women and I love when they are bad bitches who get shit done!!” And instead it was 300 pages of a group of people who are already constantly under threat, just being even more traumatized every day AND having to read these horrible thoughts the main villains are having about them. (Or horrible thoughts they’re having about each other) 

Idk. I never leave long reviews like this, but TLDR if you GENUINELY liked American Psycho or any book where you can look through the eyes and hear the thoughts of the worst person/people you can imagine, then maybe you would really like this one! This wasn’t horror to me, this was just torture p*rn with war, gore, and lots of genitalia talk.