Sweetpea
Ratings21
Average rating3.6
Absolutely bonkers. I don't generally go in for thrillers but the...distinctness of Rhiannon's voice made this one very easy to keep reading.
Rounded down from 4.25; I wanted to pick this up as soon as I read this line: “I haven't killed anyone for three years and I thought that when it happened again I'd feel bad. Like an alcoholic taking a sip of whisky. But no. Nothing. I had a blissful night's sleep.” I love female revenge stories, especially when they have good reason. This is definitely dark satire. the crimes were gruesome and I was laughing through out the book. Most of the time I felt Rhiannon was justified and most of her inner thoughts are very relatable but she is a very unhinged character and readers need to know that going in. Not every murder is justifiable. I enjoyed the ending but didn't realize it was the first in the series. When the other are available in the US I will cautiously dip my toes back into Rhiannon's head.
Well now, I have to say that was probably one of the most f***ed up books I've ever read and that's saying something!
This book follows Rhiannon who has survived some horrific events in her life and now makes ‘Kill Lists' of regular people in her day to day life who she would like to murder. Totally normal.
I think the premise of this book and how we are following everything from Rhiannon's point of view is quite unusual. I know there's a couple of other books out there told from a killer's point of view (which I've not read) but in this book you're immediately drawn to Rhiannon and you really like her despite her being a psychopath and a serial killer.
The ending of the book really had me gripped, I didn't expect some of the events playing out that way and loved the cliff hanger ending. I wasn't sure I would continue to the next book but after that ending I don't see how I can't!
My gripes with the book are that it's a little long, it could have been cut by 100 pages and still had the same effect. And whilst I enjoyed Rhiannon's voice, sometimes it got a little grating as it's non-stop. When you read it you'll know what I mean!
