Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls, A Novel - Lucy Corin

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you!

 

I was immediately intrigued by the title (and especially this A history for girls part). I really liked it and wanted to know what kind of story this would bring. The problem is however that even some days after finishing the book, I still don't know what I read...

 

Sure, there are psychokillers, all throughout the book. There are short stories around them, but I kind of lost what their connection to the bigger story was. I mean, it's not a collection of short stories, it's a novel after all.  But the narrator's story didn't seem that important or at least I couldn't connect to it. I didn't know where that story was going or why. I don't even know how to describe it in a comprehensive way...

 

It won't come as a surprise when I say the main character felt a bit flat, I would have loved to get to know her a bit better. Because of course, there is a lot of violence in her neighborhood, but there just has to be more to her than that...

 

The writing was sometimes very beautiful, but at other moments a bit too poetic for my liking. I think there will definitely be people who really like this book, but it wasn't for me...