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Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian
2.0

I’m sorry, but I have to say this. This book is such a terrible letdown! I spent days reading it, trying to figure out where on earth the story is leading me to but less than halfway through the book, I began to lose interest in it. The idea behind the book is quite unique but everything good about it ends just there.

Put 7 psychopaths in a study and soon there are murders. One of them is trying to kill the rest and so we scratch our heads to catch the hunter. We are talking about psychopaths here, so the power dynamics of the characters keep shifting. But what I don’t understand is why on earth this book is so freaking long. It seemed never ending and when I reached the end, I was least bothered about who’s the killer. Also, it gets quite predictable. Vera is a good writer, no doubt but this need to go into the nitty gritty of every character and situation didn’t really work for me. If the book was cut down to half its length, the chances of it being a hit would have been greater.

Thank you for the copy @penguinindia x @reader_viddh ✨