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The life of a killer from his child’s perspective..

Welcome, everyone!

Are you having a beautiful weekend?
The cold is just the excuse you need to curl up with a good book.

This book was not bad, not overly exciting, but it sank its claws into me with absolutely no remorse.
I would suggest those with Triggers to have a care though.. some scenes are both unpleasant and disturbing.

Happy re—eh, well—Good luck!

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The Diary of a Serial Killer’s Daughter by L.A. Detwiler

Publication date: March 12, 2020
Pages: 261
Genre: Psychological Fiction, Domestic Thriller
Standalone

Three and a Half Stars!

Ruby loves her daddy.
That’s why she keeps his secret.
She knows all about the game he plays in the garage out back, she’s seen what he does to those women, all the red.
It’s beautiful.
Maybe one day, when Ruby is older, daddy will let her play too.

The title pretty much says it all.
This book is a compilation of the young Ruby Marlowe’s diary entries, beginning at the tender age of seven and following her into her teens.

I’m not sure why but.. I didn’t think this would be as messed up as it is.
Ruby, dear Lord, that child. Maybe it’s just that the author made it so damn believable, like the train wreck of this little girl’s life could have been prevented, like she could have been saved. It’s disturbing and heartbreaking and hard to remember at times that she’s not real.

The love between Ruby and her father is unmistakable, the entire story is built around it, but this isn’t the healthy daddy’s girl kind of loyalty and admiration.. it goes beyond that. Ruby idolizes him in such a way that he couldn’t possibly do any wrong, he wouldn’t, so there must be a good reason for why he does what he does. It’s the kind of devotion that makes you uncomfortable, it makes sense out of the senseless, and explains away any atrocity. And it’s that twisted love they share that, in the end, destroys them both.

I don’t want to say I enjoyed this book, it’s not the kind of story you enjoy, but I couldn’t put it down.. I had to know how this quiet, peculiar child’s story ended. I will warn you—don’t go in expecting some ‘happily ever after’—you’ll find none of that here.
Still, strangely enough, I would recommend it.

Look into the life and consequences a killer’s family, his child, faces because of his actions.
It’s won’t be for everyone.. but it just might be for you.

And that’s that for now!
Thank you for stopping in and checking out this review, I hope it was helpful.. or at least interesting.

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