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A review by cyanide_latte
Kill River by Cameron Roubique
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It was nice to read another of Cameron Roubique's novels, after how much I enjoyed Disco Death Trap! This book's summary tells you it's an 80s slasher-style horror in theme and tone, and it absolutely delivers on that front! I've been listening to a lot of the fan recordings of 80s slasher movie novelizations done by The 80s Slasher Librarian on YouTube, and Kill River has a lot of the same tone, tension, adrenaline and bloody violence as in those 80s novelizations. I think it's a fun tribute to the genre, an inventive twist on a slasher story (a water park slasher!) and a pretty good read to get hyped for the summer. I'll need to pick up the two sequel novels sometime soon!
Graphic: Death, Blood, Child death, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, and Vomit