"Ill WIll" by Dan Chaon
Published by Random House
Finished 3/23/17 - 2/5 stars
I struggled through this book. The storyline had promise, but I didn’t enjoy
the writing. At times it seemed to just
ramble, other times it was confusing, and there were a few times I was just
frustrated with it – especially with the dialog. This was quite a surprise to me because I had
heard good things about this author so was excited to finally read one of his books.
This novel is centered on a family massacre in the past as
well as a series of murders in the present day.
There are various potential scenarios regarding the past murders that I
don’t feel are ever fully proven but then you are provided with an answer to
the present day murders, and truly it wasn’t a surprise. I feel like the book just didn’t live up to
its potential regarding the story itself.
It was a good idea, but lacked the writing to make it work well and the
ending just left too many questions unanswered.
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