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A review by janane
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
A random encounter with a not so random stranger in the airport bar triggers a discovery of murders & lies.
Pick it up if you want to read a simple story with powerful writing & twisty characters.
This is one of the books that I have wanted to read for so long. I have seen only good things about the book. So obviously my expectation was kind of sky high. And the whole time I was reading I was on the look out for the X factor of why this book is so good & unfortunately I didn't get that.
So I was actually confused & I accidentally stumbled upon this book's release year. Then I understood what the problem was I have read books with similar characters & story lines that have delivered more powerful messages than this one. And honestly I have loved them. And those books were mostly that came after this one so maybe this book was an inspiration for those ones. So since I have got a taste of that I was not able to fully appreciate this one.
But honestly in terms of characters, writing & pacing this book is perfect. For that alone I would definitely give the next book in this series a read.
Now coming to the story, for me personally the protagonists like Lily Kinter are a dream come true. They just give a chance to live a life of impossibilities through the pages.
Lily striking a conversation with Ted Severson, a successful businessman & a husband that just found out his wife is cheating with his contractor; leads to him spilling his uninhibited thoughts of wanting to kill his wife. With a person like Lily by side, what can happen to those thoughts forms the rest of the story.
The book is divided into four parts with multiple POVs that take us through Lily's past & her connection to the characters of the present. It just kept me hooked & guessing with different questions throughout the book. Definitely a page turner in that regard. And I also felt something, a kind of subtleness. Somehow that brought certain calmness to a book like this.
As for the author, I'm going to read another book before coming to the conclusion of whether I want to keep reading his books or not.
Pick it up if you want to read a simple story with powerful writing & twisty characters.
This is one of the books that I have wanted to read for so long. I have seen only good things about the book. So obviously my expectation was kind of sky high. And the whole time I was reading I was on the look out for the X factor of why this book is so good & unfortunately I didn't get that.
So I was actually confused & I accidentally stumbled upon this book's release year. Then I understood what the problem was I have read books with similar characters & story lines that have delivered more powerful messages than this one. And honestly I have loved them. And those books were mostly that came after this one so maybe this book was an inspiration for those ones. So since I have got a taste of that I was not able to fully appreciate this one.
But honestly in terms of characters, writing & pacing this book is perfect. For that alone I would definitely give the next book in this series a read.
Now coming to the story, for me personally the protagonists like Lily Kinter are a dream come true. They just give a chance to live a life of impossibilities through the pages.
Lily striking a conversation with Ted Severson, a successful businessman & a husband that just found out his wife is cheating with his contractor; leads to him spilling his uninhibited thoughts of wanting to kill his wife. With a person like Lily by side, what can happen to those thoughts forms the rest of the story.
The book is divided into four parts with multiple POVs that take us through Lily's past & her connection to the characters of the present. It just kept me hooked & guessing with different questions throughout the book. Definitely a page turner in that regard. And I also felt something, a kind of subtleness. Somehow that brought certain calmness to a book like this.
As for the author, I'm going to read another book before coming to the conclusion of whether I want to keep reading his books or not.