Kill Your Friends

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The only reason I’m giving this two stars instead of one is because it did manage to surprise me once at the end. I heard this is being made into a movie or series for HBO, and I think that might actually be a much better venue for this story. Sure the main few are friends, but when countless side character names came up I honestly had no clue for a long time how they were related to the core four. The place to get your own way is over lunch, in someone’s office, in the corridor, over drinks, dinner, anywhere but in a fucking meeting.

Kill Your Friends - Penguin Books UK

There was nothing original here, rather it felt like a combination of The French Girl and The Missing Years crammed together into one book. And admittedly, I don't mind suspending reality and you certainly need to with this storyline but I found myself side eyeing a few things along the way.

For some reason the title and cover made me think this was more chick lit and a light mystery, but that’s not the case. I did enjoy the little chapter openers about how best to kill your best friend though and maybe if the wit of these had carried through more the book would have been a better read for me. I was literally suspecting everyone in the beginning because I had no idea what to believe and who to trust. I was immediately drawn to How to kill your best friend because of the title (not that I plan to kill any friend) and the cover.

Kill Your Friends - John Niven - Google Books

The work is considered satirical, and is described as an "all-out assault" by The Independent, [2] and as having "the horrible, slightly metallic tang of total authenticity" by the Philadelphia Weekly.It's engrossing, unnerving and revelation follows revelation, with the pace increasing as the mysteries pile up, leaving you genuinely shocked at the end. FTC Disclosure: I voluntarily reviewed a free Advance Reader Copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher. Told from the first-person perspectives of Georgie and Bronwyn, this compulsive and wickedly twisty mystery involving a rumoured sea serpent, embezzlement and questions about the suspicious death of Lissa’s first husband, Graeme, who perished during anaphylaxis when he could not locate his EpiPen and devious, murderous games will have you glued to the pages from the very beginning.

9780099592686: Kill Your Friends - AbeBooks - Niven, John

The ladies have gathered at Kanu Lake to mourn their friend but Georgie cannot fathom how Lissa could have possibly drowned, the best swimmer among them. This book is told from the perspectives of Georgie and Bronwyn, and I honestly have to say I was confused through most of the narrative. Lissa’s closest friends gather at the resort to honor her life, but Georgie and Bron can’t seem to stop looking over their shoulders. The anonymous POV pages describe the various ways in which you might kill your best friend, which I wanted to like, but ultimately found kind of pointless.

Lissa was smart woman who knew very well how dangerous swimming at this place alone in the night and she’s too skillful swimmer not to get drowned but here we go!