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Kill for Love
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DNF @ 52%
I really tried to stick with this one because the writing style is very good. This is basically a gender-swapped AMERICAN PSYCHO, with a shallow and sociopathic sorority girl as the killer. One day, she decides that she just really wants to kill the guys in her life, and embarks upon a stabby, slashy spree.
One thing I didn't see anyone talking about is that the heroine has an ED, and calorie restriction and purging feature pretty heavily as themes in this book. I feel this is supposed to be juxtaposed against her feral appetite for killing and savagery, as well as the consumerist LA culture she lives in. If you're reading deeply into this book, I think you could say that Tiffany is a violent rebellion against the patriarchy and the societal standards that said patriarchy has imposed upon women.
I probably would have liked this more if I hadn't read so many other female serial killer-fronted books that took this concept and ran with it slightly better. Would recommend this to people who enjoyed books such as SWEETPEA, HOW TO KILL MEN AND GET AWAY WITH IT, and BOY PARTS.
2 stars
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Nenia ✨ I yeet my books back and forth ✨ Campbell's review
bookshelves: thriller, horror, dark-and-twisted
Dec 09, 2023
bookshelves: thriller, horror, dark-and-twisted
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DNF @ 52%
I really tried to stick with this one because the writing style is very good. This is basically a gender-swapped AMERICAN PSYCHO, with a shallow and sociopathic sorority girl as the killer. One day, she decides that she just really wants to kill the guys in her life, and embarks upon a stabby, slashy spree.
One thing I didn't see anyone talking about is that the heroine has an ED, and calorie restriction and purging feature pretty heavily as themes in this book. I feel this is supposed to be juxtaposed against her feral appetite for killing and savagery, as well as the consumerist LA culture she lives in. If you're reading deeply into this book, I think you could say that Tiffany is a violent rebellion against the patriarchy and the societal standards that said patriarchy has imposed upon women.
I probably would have liked this more if I hadn't read so many other female serial killer-fronted books that took this concept and ran with it slightly better. Would recommend this to people who enjoyed books such as SWEETPEA, HOW TO KILL MEN AND GET AWAY WITH IT, and BOY PARTS.
2 stars
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Reading Progress
December 9, 2023
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Started Reading
December 9, 2023
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December 9, 2023
– Shelved as:
thriller
December 9, 2023
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horror
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3.0%
"I wanted spilled blood, not wine—something more violent from the divorcées, but it never came."
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8.0%
"I was a predator. And Tristan was prey. I wanted to see blood, to feel the same fire that fanned across the streets in my dreams."
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15.0%
"I imagined being in a room with just their naked bodies and a fully charged power drill.
This is honestly terrifying."
This is honestly terrifying."
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18.0%
"“Smile more!” she’d tell me. “It gets you what you want.”
But my father never smiled. And he seemed to have all the power."
But my father never smiled. And he seemed to have all the power."
December 9, 2023
– Shelved as:
dark-and-twisted
December 9, 2023
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Finished Reading
