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The Killer in Me
by Margot Harrison
Before you read this review, do me a favor. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Grab a bat for protection. Install a panic room. Ok, seriously, if you don't feel completely creeped out within the first 10% of this book, I applaud you. As a horror junkie, especially psychological thrillers, it takes A LOT to give me the heebee jeebees. The Killer in Me totally did, over and over again.
What kind of girl invents a psychopath?
Nina fears sleep for she finds herself in the mind of a serial killing sociopath when she closes her eyes. She self medicates to try to fix this but quickly finds that is not a long term solution. Here she engages her long time friend (and love interest), Warren, in a road trip to find the man who haunts her dreams. On this road trip, she meets the alleged killer, Dylan, and starts to question if her mind is reliable. As the audience, you'll also start to question if there really is a connection or if it's her mind creating false memories to fill in gaps (this is an actual psychological occurrence). Around page 180, you're going to have whiplash. Consider yourself warned.
There's a lot that happens in this book, which I realized as I was trying to describe the plot and characters to someone else. The story is told through the multiple perspectives of Nina, Warren, and a bit of Dylan, who I enjoyed for each of the parts they played. One thing I found especially enjoyable is that there were certain characterizations that were created not to further the plot or even to build up the main characters. For example, Margot does an appropriate job of setting up Nina's adopted mom as lesbian. This fact simply is and does not add or take away from Nina's character.
The pacing in this book is akin to a psychological thriller movie. Slow build, but once you hit halfway through, there's a major twist and the action just keeps on going. The pacing is the one thing I took issue with in this book. The book could stand to lose 50 pages or at least get to the action a little faster because it did drag a little at the beginning.
What kind of girl invents a psychopath?
Nina fears sleep for she finds herself in the mind of a serial killing sociopath when she closes her eyes. She self medicates to try to fix this but quickly finds that is not a long term solution. Here she engages her long time friend (and love interest), Warren, in a road trip to find the man who haunts her dreams. On this road trip, she meets the alleged killer, Dylan, and starts to question if her mind is reliable. As the audience, you'll also start to question if there really is a connection or if it's her mind creating false memories to fill in gaps (this is an actual psychological occurrence). Around page 180, you're going to have whiplash. Consider yourself warned.
There's a lot that happens in this book, which I realized as I was trying to describe the plot and characters to someone else. The story is told through the multiple perspectives of Nina, Warren, and a bit of Dylan, who I enjoyed for each of the parts they played. One thing I found especially enjoyable is that there were certain characterizations that were created not to further the plot or even to build up the main characters. For example, Margot does an appropriate job of setting up Nina's adopted mom as lesbian. This fact simply is and does not add or take away from Nina's character.
The pacing in this book is akin to a psychological thriller movie. Slow build, but once you hit halfway through, there's a major twist and the action just keeps on going. The pacing is the one thing I took issue with in this book. The book could stand to lose 50 pages or at least get to the action a little faster because it did drag a little at the beginning.