Dear Killer, by Katherine Ewell
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Full of "can't look away" moments, Dear Killer is a psychological thriller perfect for fans of gritty realistic fiction such as Dan Wells's I Am Not a Serial Killer and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, as well as television's Dexter.
Rule One—Nothing is right, nothing is wrong. Kit looks like your average seventeen-year-old high school student, but she has a secret—she's London's notorious "Perfect Killer." She chooses who to murder based on letters left in a secret mailbox, and she's good—no, perfect—at what she does.
Her moral nihilism—the fact that she doesn't believe in right and wrong—makes being a serial killer a whole lot easier . . . until she breaks her own rules by befriending someone she's supposed to murder, as well as the detective in charge of the Perfect Killer case.
As New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series Michael Grant says, Dear Killer is "shocking, mesmerizing, and very smart."
Dear Killer, by Katherine Ewell - Amazon Sales Rank: #400696 in Books
- Brand: Ewell, Katherine
- Published on: 2015-03-31
- Released on: 2015-03-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .83" w x 5.31" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 368 pages
Dear Killer, by Katherine Ewell From Booklist Novels about teens pursued by or pursuing serial killers are fairly common, but rare is the story told by a teen serial killer. Ewell’s debut novel, written at age 17, is a chilling look at a young woman trained in moral nihilism and untraceable killing techniques. Kit’s mother accepted commissions from those who wanted someone dead, perfecting a technique she has passed on to her daughter. Kit’s murders have received lots of press, earning her the nickname the Perfect Killer. One night, Kit’s mother brings home an attractive young dinner guest who also happens to be the detective investigating the Perfect Killer cases, and Kit can’t resist the urge to toy with him. Set in posh districts of London and Kit’s exclusive private school, Ewell’s narrative presents a beautifully nuanced and entirely believable portrait of a young woman slowly cracking as she finds herself applying the consequences of her amorality to those she has befriended. With thoughtful discussion on philosophy and human nature, as well as satisfyingly detailed and gory descriptions of murders, Ewell’s book offers plenty for readers to savor and discuss. Grades 8-12. --Debbie Carton
Review “Ewell’s narrative presents a beautifully nuanced and entirely believable portrait of a young woman slowly cracking as she finds herself applying the consequences of her amorality to those she has befriended.” (ALA Booklist)“With thoughtful discussions on philosophy and human nature, as well as satisfyingly detailed and gory descriptions of murders, readers will find plenty to savor and discuss.” (ALA Booklist)“Underneath the dark sensationalism thus lurks a complex framing of moral questions that thoughtful teens will want to grapple with.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)“This unusual and absorbing debut looks at a serial killer through the eyes of the killer herself.” (Kirkus Reviews)“Shocking, mesmerizing, and very smart.” (Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series)
From the Back Cover
Rule One. Nothing is right, nothing is wrong.
Kit takes her role as London's notorious "Perfect Killer" seriously. The letters and cash that come to her via a secret mailbox are not a game; choosing who to kill is not an impulse decision. Her moral nihilism and thus her murders are a way of life—the only way of life she has ever known.
But when a letter appears in the mailbox that will have the power to topple Kit's convictions as perfectly as she commits her murders, she must make a decision: follow the only rules she has ever known, or challenge Rule One and go from there.
Katherine Ewell's Dear Killer is a sinister psychological thriller that explores the thin line between good and evil, and the messiness of that inevitable moment when life contradicts everything you believe.
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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful. Can I give MINUS stars? By Azul I am so furious I wasted my time with this garbage. God! Empty annoying characters, plot holes, no sense actions, and a very, very lame, stupid, ridiculous, infuriating, I-don't-know-how-to-end-this-book ending.I think that the idea for the story is great. A teenager serial killer? Bring it on modern time Grave Mercy. But the execution!!! Oh f*&^ Lucifer, I have't read anything more.... more... stupidly written!The Kit was supposed to have an internal emotional or philosophical debate of some sort that never amounted to anything because Kit was always a flat, boring, and lacking convincing character.Kit kept mentioning how awesome she is and how perfect she is, yet everything went well because of luck, or, in this case, because the author wrote it that way. But I was never shown Kit's cleverness. For me, she was a pretentious teenager who killed because she could get away with it (since in YA books the police are too stupid to solve anything).This story is so full of stupidities and... and... I can't even think straight.Stupidity #1: Kit becomes Alex's consultant in The Perfect Killer case. Why exactly is the police consulting a teenager? Ok, in YA the police are idiots and teenagers are actually the ones who solve everything. But come on! And isn't Alex like 30 years old? Why exactly is he taking Kit - who is seventeen - out for lunch? Why is he telling her things "I've never told anyone." If you are not going to explore the pedophile aspect of the character, don't introduce the situation.Stupidity #2: Kit kills a girl and then goes to see the crime scene. Incredibly, the police let her in. Why? Why? Why? Isn't she a minor? Not only that, but Kit gets to touch things at the crime scene to alter any previous evidence of being there. On top of that, she asks Alex to describe the murder to her ... and he does. So sooo not possible; in what sane mind would a police officer discuss a crime scene with a teenager?Stupidity #3: Kit gets letters from people requesting to have exes and anyone they dislike killed. The letters are left in a bathroom in a restaurant. Even a kid at Kit's school knows how to get in touch with this serial killer... but the police has no clue. Wow! Just f*&% wow!Stupidity #4: Kit lets the letters she receives on the body of the people she kills.... yet the police can't find any evidence of who killed the person! Seriously? For example, some guy sent Kit a letter asking her to kill her fiance because she would't breakup with him. Kit does it and leaves the letter on the body of the dead woman. How many fiances did the woman have exactly? Because it is obvious from the letter who wanted her dead, yet the police have no clue about the murder. Whatever.Stupidity #5: Kit has been killing without a conscience since she was nine, yet just now she starts to think if the person deserved to die. I mean, why? Why now and not before? Give me some reason here. Don't just throw an attempt to a moral dilemma when the character is so obviously lacking morals. The way Kit goes about her regret for killing Michael is not even convincing. She screamed to the class "he didn't do anything!" Meaning that Michael didn't deserve to die (despite of Kit being the one who killed him). Oh, why didn't he deserve to die? Because you weren't paid to kill him? What exactly made the other people deserving of death?Nope, the moments of "what have I done?" didn't sound real but just something thrown in the story to stall the plot.I didn't really need a reason for Kit killings but killing somebody just because... Can we kill pedophiles and rapists, please? And the amount of people that Kit was killing! Not even real serial killers kill that much!*** SPOILER ***Did the police solve the serial killer case? of course not! Kit gave herself up!!!! Really? Really? Really?*** END OF SPOILER ***I think this is the longest review I've written but it is just that this book is infuriating. Nothings is solved, nothing is accomplished, and the ending is so lame that I wish I could burn the f*&^ book so nobody else would have to endure what I went through with this... piece of manure (since I can't use the other word).
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful. I Might Have Attracted the Attention of the FBI! By OutlawPoet Should any law enforcement agency choose to subpoena my web search records, I might be in trouble. You see, after reading Dear Killer, I took to the web to check the many things that I found unbelievable.My searches include:* How do you remove finger prints from paper without destroying the paper?* Can you really not be arrested for solicitation of murder in the UK?* Why would a barely past his teens Scotland Yard investigator be put in charge of the biggest serial killer to hit the UK since Jack the Ripper?* And why would he invite a seventeen-year-old to inspect the crime scene with him?Okay, I didn't really search the last two, but you can see where I'm going here.This is a fun, fast, violent and thoroughly implausible read. Even as I enjoyed it, it kept me scratching my head at the pure illogic of the situations the author dreams up. As I ended the book, I thought to myself that it felt like the first book of a teenager. Turns out it was, indeed, written when the author was only seventeen.My other huge issue with the book is that, although it took place in London, with supposedly British characters, aside from one or two British turns of phrase, it felt like the author had never set foot outside of the US. For instance, the author keeps using the term 'tennis shoes'. Any Brit worth her salt would like have called them 'trainers'. Every so often, the author would reference Scotland Yard and I would be reminded that we were supposed to be in London.Overall conclusion:I thought I was getting a mixture of Dexter and Pretty Little Liars. Instead, our main character, Kit, was a bit bland, very immature, and not all that interesting. While it's a nice change from standard YA fare, it is very much the freshman offering of a young writer. Now, the other books I've read from the point of view of teen killers have all been male killers - and it was nice to see a female - but there are a ton of plot holes in this book.The book is fun and it really is a fast read. It is very violent, so if you have issues with graphic violence, you may wish to stay away.But most of all, it's in need of logic, research, and a little more style. I don't regret the read and I'm interested to see what the author will come up with in the future, but this was a three star read for me.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Disappointing and impossible By titania86 Kit is a teenage serial killer. People send her letters and money to kill random people in their lives for whatever petty reason they think of. She then judges if they are worth the risk and, if they are, carries out the murder flawlessly, leaving the letter at the scene. Of course she also goes to school like normal kids, but she makes an effort to skate through the middle, not attracting attention. Unfortunately, one of her letters targets a classmate of hers, making it hard to carry out without suspicion. In preparation, she befriends her future victim. Encouraged by her mother who trained her to become a serial killer, Kit also befriends the young man in charge of investigating her murders and genuinely likes him. Will Kit continue to murder indiscriminately or will her new friendships change her perspective?I'm always a sucker for books about serial killers. Dear Killer seemed like it would actually be about a sociopathic killer. So often the killer claiming to be a sociopath cares deeply for their friends and/or family, making them not a sociopath. They tend to be hard to relate to and this makes them human even if it contradicts who they are supposed to be. Anyway, Kit is all about moral nihilism: nothing is right and nothing is wrong. She carries out the murders in the letters without judgment. It's just not enough for her and she starts to question the dogma that her mother instilled her with. I found Kit interesting for about the first half of the novel. I liked her growing up and figuring out the world for herself instead of internalizing someone else's beliefs. Despite the numerous problems I had with the novel, the writing kept me reading and made it easy to finish in about a day.I have so many problems with the novel. Too many things push my suspension of disbelief beyond its limits. Kit started killing as young as 9 and never left a shred of evidence at any of her crime scenes. Seeing the huge mistakes she makes over the course of the novel makes that unbelievable to me and there is no way she is truly a perfect killer. She brilliantly kills not one, but two students from her school and was very near when their bodies were discovered. That's just way too coincidental and of course she would be under suspicion. Kits acting is awful and she thinks she's convincing everyone that she's super normal, but it comes off horribly. It also doesn't help when Kit very publicly attacked and threatened a boy not one week before she killed him. Also, the fact that she gets hundreds of letters and so many people know where to contact her, but the police don't. Are they just really incompetent? Also, the book takes place in England, but I don't get the feeling of being anywhere but the US. The language didn't reflect it and neither did the descriptions of the setting. Only the mentions of Scotland Yard reminded me where it was set.Overall, I was disappointed with Dear Killer. I had to do way to many mental gymnastics to find the story remotely plausible. I grew tired of Kit and her weird reasoning for things and numerous mistakes throughout the novel. I would read another book by Katherine Ewell, but not another Perfect Killer novel if there is one.
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