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Title: Good premise can't save bad writing
Review: Okay, in the interest of full disclosure, I'm not generally a reader of murder/suspense books. I picked this up because I thought the premise was interesting and read some decent reviews. A serial killer who goes around killing other, "bad", serial killers. Could be great, right?The premise is good, but the writing is just terrible. I couldn't even finish it. I get it -- the narrator (Dexter) has no real feelings but he can fake them really well. He doesn't recognize/acknowledge other people's realities, only his own. How do I know this? Because the author tells me this (in pretty much these exact words) over and over again starting on page 1. A little bit of "Show, don't tell" would have made a world of difference here.It's too bad, I really wanted to like it.
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