Dear Killer
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Violence
3.7
(179)
Katherine Ewell
Full of "can't look away" moments, Dear Killer is a psychological thriller perfect for fans of gritty realistic fiction such as Dan Wells's I Am Not a Serial Killer and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, as well as television's Dexter. Rule One—Nothing is right, nothing is wrong. Kit looks like your average seventeen-year-old high school student, but she has a secret—she's London's notorious "Perfect Killer." She chooses who to murder based on letters left in a secret mailbox, and she's good—no, perfect—at what she does. Her moral nihilism—the fact that she doesn't believe in right and wrong—makes being a serial killer a whole lot easier . . . until she breaks her own rules by befriending someone she's supposed to murder, as well as the detective in charge of the Perfect Killer case.As New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series Michael Grant says, Dear Killer is "shocking, mesmerizing, and very smart."
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Author
Katherine Ewell
Pages
368
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2014-04-01
ISBN
006225782X 9780062257826
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"Not sure where I stand with this one. There seemed to be a plot hole in the beginning because she was killing with the excuse of nihilism. Definition: the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless. I didn't believe that to be a strong enough reason but I knew there would be more to come. I honestly thought it would be in the form of a plot twist but that never happened.<br/><br/>I couldn't keep interested the only reason I kept reading was to figure out why she thought she was in the right to kill people. Because most of the people she killed didn't do anything worth the crime. She never looked into them she just got a letter and believed what it said. <br/><br/>I have tried researching Nihilism and maybe I just don't understand the concept. That along with believing that her and mom were special and them and only them alone could carry out their skill. The skill that the world needed chaos, it needed murders to bring people together to appreciate the world. But isn't this all happening already? Is there not a enough going on in the world that two inconsequential people are going to make a difference and think they are above it all.<br/><br/>Like I said maybe I am misunderstanding this code they live by. Just couldn't see the sense in it. I was hoping for twist or a shock there was no suspense no likeable dialogue that made me feel closer to the characters. It was just missing a chunk of realism for me."
Ashley
"content warnings for this book (let me know if there are any I need to add, I plan to put content warnings in every book in my future classroom library): murder, some graphic content"
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"content warnings for this book (let me know if there are any I need to add, I plan to put content warnings in every book in my future classroom library): murder, some graphic content"
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