Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
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lightreadsBroken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
Another DNF from months ago that I'm finally admitting defeat on. Detroit serial killer thriller with a fantastical twist. I really liked Beukes's Shining Girls, which is a time travel serial killer story about women and misogyny and history. But I found it hard to believe that Broken Monsters came from the same brain. I got ¾ in, and was sick up to here with the killer's interest in violence as art (yawn, eyeroll) and his entitlement and how willing the book was to spend time with him rather than the female detective chasing him. Maybe she would have turned it around – and maybe the themes regarding Detroit and economic failure would have come to fruition – but I don't have the stomach to find out.
Another DNF from months ago that I'm finally admitting defeat on. Detroit serial killer thriller with a fantastical twist. I really liked Beukes's Shining Girls, which is a time travel serial killer story about women and misogyny and history. But I found it hard to believe that Broken Monsters came from the same brain. I got ¾ in, and was sick up to here with the killer's interest in violence as art (yawn, eyeroll) and his entitlement and how willing the book was to spend time with him rather than the female detective chasing him. Maybe she would have turned it around – and maybe the themes regarding Detroit and economic failure would have come to fruition – but I don't have the stomach to find out.