Carrie Lawrence would love for her sister to just forget about her and leave her alone. Her old sister Becca is a serial killer who has manipulated Carrie into helping her bury the bodies. She averages about one kill a year, always calling Carrie to tell her she needs help "moving furniture". Becca has made sure that if the bodies are found, evidence will point to Carrie as the killer. Things start to get weird when the police discover thirteen bodies buried in a wooded area. One of the bodies is Becca's latest victim. But who killed the other twelve? It looks like there is another serial killer operating in the same small town. Becca decides that she and Carrie need to find this killer.
I read a review of this book and thought I'd give it a try. Many people like the dark humor in this story. I didn't really notice the humor. I had a hard time with the characters in this story being so unlikeable. In my opinion there was no one to root for. Becca is a psychopath. Carrie is just plain stupid. She lets her sister walk all over her, steal from her, and manipulate her time and again. I couldn't figure out what kept Carrie from just leaving town and never returning. Their parents seem to have successfully cut Becca out of their lives. Carrie should have tried it.
Even though I didn't like the characters, the story was interesting enough to keep me listening. Saskia Maarleveld did a fantastic job with each character. She saved me from bailing on the whole book. My rating: 3 Stars.
I read a review of this book and thought I'd give it a try. Many people like the dark humor in this story. I didn't really notice the humor. I had a hard time with the characters in this story being so unlikeable. In my opinion there was no one to root for. Becca is a psychopath. Carrie is just plain stupid. She lets her sister walk all over her, steal from her, and manipulate her time and again. I couldn't figure out what kept Carrie from just leaving town and never returning. Their parents seem to have successfully cut Becca out of their lives. Carrie should have tried it.
Even though I didn't like the characters, the story was interesting enough to keep me listening. Saskia Maarleveld did a fantastic job with each character. She saved me from bailing on the whole book. My rating: 3 Stars.
I thought when I read the description of this book that it'd be a suspenseful thriller-----NOT!
Very juvenile so maybe written for the YA genre? I got halfway through it and finally I just closed it and returned to the library
It isn't suspenseful at all and there isn't a 'thrill' moment in it or at least in the first half that I trudged through
wouldn't recommend to anyone!
Very juvenile so maybe written for the YA genre? I got halfway through it and finally I just closed it and returned to the library
It isn't suspenseful at all and there isn't a 'thrill' moment in it or at least in the first half that I trudged through
wouldn't recommend to anyone!
