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Book Review: Kill The Next One by Federico Axat
Book Review:
Kill The Next One by Federico Axat
I must admit I am rather befuddled as to how to rate Kill The Next One and offer a few opinions in hope they may serve helpful.
A psychological thriller, we are introduced to the central character, Ted McKay, in Part One: Chapters One and Two. A successful businessman with a beautiful wife, Holly and daughters, Cindy and Nadine, he has terminal brain cancer. He is about to commit suicide when a stranger named Justin Lynch knocks on the door and offers him a proposition whereby he kills someone “deserving” death and then, someone kills him. Lynch convinces McKay murder is easier for the family than suicide to accept.
The plot unfolds with twists and turns and nothing is what it seems. The story is threaded with mental illness, personality disorders, serial murders, family abuse, husband-wife infidelity, thwarted love, child neglect and deception.
Whether something is real or imagined by Ted McKay constantly challenges the reader. The author merits credit in spinning a tale keeping one on edge. Unfortunately, I found the action as a whole convoluted, the characters thinly developed and difficult to bond with and overall, the story inadequately detailed. In particular, the conclusion was drawn with haste and the last chapter specific to the possum nonsensical.
Two members of a book club I attend mentioned Kill The Next One as having left them at the end of each chapter astounded and surprised. It was different they'd said and rather dark. Their opinion proved correct. I appreciate reading new authors and credit Federico Axat for his imagination and structure.
Marianne Perry
Author of The Inheritance
Writing inspired by genealogical research to solve family mysteries.
www.marianneperry.ca
Kill The Next One by Federico Axat
I must admit I am rather befuddled as to how to rate Kill The Next One and offer a few opinions in hope they may serve helpful.
A psychological thriller, we are introduced to the central character, Ted McKay, in Part One: Chapters One and Two. A successful businessman with a beautiful wife, Holly and daughters, Cindy and Nadine, he has terminal brain cancer. He is about to commit suicide when a stranger named Justin Lynch knocks on the door and offers him a proposition whereby he kills someone “deserving” death and then, someone kills him. Lynch convinces McKay murder is easier for the family than suicide to accept.
The plot unfolds with twists and turns and nothing is what it seems. The story is threaded with mental illness, personality disorders, serial murders, family abuse, husband-wife infidelity, thwarted love, child neglect and deception.
Whether something is real or imagined by Ted McKay constantly challenges the reader. The author merits credit in spinning a tale keeping one on edge. Unfortunately, I found the action as a whole convoluted, the characters thinly developed and difficult to bond with and overall, the story inadequately detailed. In particular, the conclusion was drawn with haste and the last chapter specific to the possum nonsensical.
Two members of a book club I attend mentioned Kill The Next One as having left them at the end of each chapter astounded and surprised. It was different they'd said and rather dark. Their opinion proved correct. I appreciate reading new authors and credit Federico Axat for his imagination and structure.
Marianne Perry
Author of The Inheritance
Writing inspired by genealogical research to solve family mysteries.
www.marianneperry.ca
