The Diary of a Serial Killer's Daughter

Full review: https://bookswithnoel.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-diary-of-serial-killers-daughter.html

It's not a read for everyone.

The story is told from Ruby's pov, from the time she is a little girl that just loves to play in puddles and sees something she shouldn't. Her father cleaning up a crime scene.
Ruby just sees the red color everywhere though and doesn't quite understand what's happening so she starts liking the color red- wanting to play in red puddles, having red rainboots, etc.

You read and see Ruby grow up and how the different things she sees around her affect her, she's a ddady's girl that thinks he can do no wrong though she eventually realizes that her father is a serial killer.

And honestly, the eerie and creepy parts of this book come from seeing the main character's mind as she wraps her thoughts around what she sees and hears.
As Ruby grows up and deals with the world around her, and sees her father growing restless when he doesn't commit murder, she tries to understand what's ‘‘wrong'' and what's ‘‘right''.

This is not a mystery kind of read, this is a book that makes you wonder what our main character is going to do and what will happen to her- every page you wonder what decision she's going to make as you watch her go through every age while knowing her father that she loves is a murderer.
It is well written and keeps you reading for sure.


If you love eerie and dark reads, this is for you.

My rating to this book is because it's not the kind of book for me, but if all of this piques your curiosity and you like those kinds of reads, you will enjoy it.
This is just my personal thoughts on the book.
2.5 stars!

Holy shit this was a very overwhelming story to read and take in. I was so on edge and disturbed by this! (Not in a bad way) The diary entries were really interesting and flew right through them. I'll admit I felt really bad for Ruby, for her to go through so much in her lifetime of having a dad that's a serial killer and bullied for being “different” I don't know whether to blame her or her father for the way she is because both her parents were messed up. Ruby lived in a macabre life. So much gore and violence, my mind could not stop thinking about this even in my sleep! Her love for her father runs so deep she's willing to do anything to protect her father but I never expected the unexpected! (If that makes sense lol) I didn't know what to feel at first when I read the beginning but then it just really interesting where I wanted to know more and more of what's going on in Ruby's mind, what she has to say to her diary. Thank you Netgalley and L.A. Detwiler for this digital arc for an honest review! 4/5 ⭐