The Kind Worth Killing A Novel

Story had good direction initially but fell extremely flat during the latter half. So many out of character moments that really didn't make sense. I can understand that it may have been to set things up for the sequel but the entire second half of the book felt like a rug pull. First half very memorable but the second half extremely forgettable. chalked.

Lacklustee ending. The character development is lacking and the ending sucked. Detective kimball character sucks

fantastic foreplay with a dull climax

good build up, poor ending. monotonous, random conveniences and luck, lots of unimportant details. ruined characters that were built up in the first half

too many murders. first chet, then eric, ted, miranda, brad and then kimball was stabbed. way too many. surprised that roberta didn't pull the gun to kill lily atp. the plot twists didn't surprise me at all. like i just knew that lily and brad were going to kill miranda in the end, although it seemed that brad was on her side and that her plan with brad to kill lily was going to work. the only thing i didn't expect was when lily stabbed kimball, i really didn't see that coming. but i enjoyed reading the book and i liked the characters and how each chapter was from the perspective of different characters, not just from one. lily was a very nice character. she managed to be so calm in such stressful situations. i could never.

i think three stars is the perfect rating for it. i'm looking forward to reading the second part.

I really enjoyed this book. I've been in a reading slump for more or less 2 months and this book helped me get out of it. The writing style is very easy to understand. The plot was borderline predictable and before you know it, what you predicted does not happen. I didn't struggle understanding the story. Would highly recommend it. 5/5 ⭐.

This book was so good! It took a while for me to get into but when I got into it I was hooked! The ending has also led to the second book extremely well.

this was a good read. i was excited to come back to it every time i had to step away. the characters are quite obviously written by a man, and also none of them very likeable, but nonetheless, it was a fun and exciting read. the closest i’ve gotten to “gone girl” in a while, so if you liked that, you’ll like this.

i loved it. the writing. the alternate pov between characters. the character. the twists. the ending. the way she makes murder sounded like a good idea. and an easy job too. i fucking love every single page of it.

Date read: February 3-February 4, 2020 Actual Rating: 4.00 STARS So basically, this was about getting away with murder, featuring Lily Kintner. The very title definitely caught my attention, but I didn't give this a high expectation as I had a fair share of disappointment with thriller mysteries in the past. It was not that easy to please me with this kind of genre. But this book was really very engaging to me from the very start. It was not particularly an easy read, but it was really a kind of read that would make you flip through the pages as quickly as possible until you get to the very end. It would make you anticipate every chapter and would certainly keep your interest in check. And that was what I was looking for in this genre, and I was glad I was able to find these qualities in this book. At first, it was kind of ridiculous to me on how it was easy for the characters to turn the topic of killing into some kind of a casual talk. But as the story progress, I was kind of amused by the turn of events. There are definitely twists, though not that big and mind-blowing, but still a decent twists that got me more engaged to the story. I was actually rooting for Lily after reading her first kill with her first human victim, the pedophile painter Chet, and then with her boyfriend Eric who was cheating on her. I know, it was kind of sick on how she justifies her kills. On how it was better, according to her, if those kinds of people would just disappear from the face of the earth by killing them It was wrong of her but I still empathized with her. I understand where she coming from. And I kind of wished she would really get away with her murders. I really liked all the meticulous and calculated planning. How she appeared so casual and calm despite what she did. She was really smart, I'd give her that credit. The thrill towards the ending when she was followed by the detective and I didn't even know if she would get caught or not, I was bracing myself. Though I kind of wished she would get away with what she did, the open indication at the very end where her secret in the meadow about to be exposed, I thought it was the best way to deal with the ending. That even with her thorough plan all throughout her life, it was impossible not to get caught forever. I liked it a lot. First Peter Swanson read and I totally loved it. I hoped I would find a good thriller mystery like this again.

There had better be a book 2 of this story because it can’t just end like this. I loved the fact that I couldn’t predict what would happen next until the end.

Well written with quite a few good twists!

I will always root for the killer if she's a woman

4.25

The biggest plottwist was probably around halftime, but other than that I was still suprised throughout the entire book. The plot was very clever and rounded up nicely in the end. I was very captivated by Lily and her actions too, that girl had some serious issues and I don’t think anger management sessions will fix that 😃

Bumped this up to 3 stars (from 2). The ending was so bad and it didn't save from all the predictability of the rest of the book. Buuut, bumped it up because I saw that there was a sequel (THANKFULLY) so hopefully, that makes up for the ending of this book.

Eins der ersten Bücher was mich vor der Hälfte komplett überrascht hat! Wirklich mega spannend und psycho, ein minimales bisschen gay und so viel Mord** mehrere Plottwists, die ich nicht erwartet habe, bin verliebt.

Who would've thought there would be more twists than a M. Night Shyamalan movie. Absolutely riveting and couldn't put it down, finished it 4 hours, I had to know how it ended!

i- wow

I loved this book mostly because of Lily, i found her character and backstory quite interesting. The writing was fast paced and easy to understand

Will reread it soon, review to be updated.

This was a wild ride. At times I felt like it seemed a little forced, bit overall this was an enjoyable mystery with many twists and turns.

4/4.5 really good thriller! entertaining and twisty and that last page ! whew. fun all around

5 Stars This book gave me everything I could possibly want from a psychological thriller!! The pacing of this book is incredible, I got so addicted to the jumping from multiple povs waiting for everything to play out. I think this might just be one of my favorites in this genre, damn it was so amazing I wish I had read it even sooner!