Name: azliana aziz's review of The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer
Item: The Beautiful Dead
Rating: 2
Author: azliana aziz

Belinda Bauer

FROM THE CRIME WRITER LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 They wanted the same things. Death - and an audience.Eve Singer makes her living from death. As a TV crime reporter, she'll go to any length to get the latest scoop.But when a twisted serial killer starts using her to gain the publicity he craves, Eve must decide how far she's willing to go - and how close she'll let him get . . .'Evocative and disturbing' Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door'Excellent tension' The Times'Spectacular' Sunday Times'Crime novels don't get much better than this' C. L. Taylor

The Beautiful Dead

There's no safety in numbers . . . Eve Singer needs death. With her career as a TV crime reporter flagging, she'll do anything to satisfy her ghoulish audience. The killer needs death too. He even advertises his macabre public performances, where he hopes to show the whole world the beauty of dying. When he contacts Eve, she welcomes the chance to be first with the news from every gory scene. Until she realizes that the killer has two obsessions. One is public murder. And the other one is her . . .

Mari-Claire Parrin

Grace Emilia Machon

azliana aziz

i was expecting some good paced, psychological thriller with in depth characterization of the killer alas my expectation was set too high by all the five starred reviews & the intriguing, promising premise. 
but what makes me more disappointed and baffled by all the high praises is because i thought the writing is unfocused, really all over the place and i don't understand the tonal switch in the narrative. also i thought eve's inner monologues are so juvenile and useless. and the killer HA ha ha

p/s: i feel like this book could work if it's a dark comical book

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The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer

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