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You’d Look Better as a Ghost
You’d Look Better as a Ghost | Joanna Wallace
7 posts | 5 read | 1 reading | 5 to read
'Refreshingly original and laugh-out-loud funny' - CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Delightfully shocking and irreverently funny' - JANICE HALLETT I have a gift. I see people as ghosts before they die. Of course, it helps that I'm the one killing them. The night after her father's funeral, Claire meets Lucas in a bar. Lucas doesn't know it, but it's not a chance meeting. One thoughtless mistyped email has put him in the crosshairs of an extremely put-out serial killer. But before they make eye contact, before Claire lets him buy her a drink, even before she takes him home and carves him up into little pieces, something about that night is very wrong. Because someone is watching Claire. Someone who is about to discover her murderous little hobby. The thing is, it's not sensible to tangle with a part-time serial killer, even one who is distracted by attending a weekly bereavement support group and trying to get her art career off the ground. Let the games begin... Dexter meets Killing Eve in this superb thriller, perfect for fans of How To Kill Your Family and My Sister, the Serial Killer. 'I doubt I'll read a more original thriller this year' - JACK JORDAN 'If Bret Easton Ellis ever went to grief counselling, this would be just the kind of brilliant book he'd write' - PHILIPPA EAST
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I picked up another dark comedy. This one is about a British female serial killer who is going through a difficult time after the death of her father. Some of her antics include her sitting through a grief therapy group, while a body festers in her home. I am excited to see where this is going and there hasn't been one British dark comedy that I haven't enjoyed. So pleased to have found another author to add to my roster of TBRs.

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alecia3dixie
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I really thought I was going to like this book but unfortunately it just fell flat for me. None of the characters were likable, which I don't like in books personally. I just felt like the book lacked substance. It's just super surface level. I just wanted more out of the book, and the ending just was too much fanfair for me, unfortunately. Not everything in this book was bad, I thought the beginning had a strong start, then just flopped. 2.5/5

dabbe #fanofthepan! #betterbooksahead 🙌🻠1mo
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Nessavamusic
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This is a quirky serial killer thriller. I never thought I‘d write that sentence. It is a fast paced read with some solid twists, as well as being funny. However, the story has a few plot holes. If you can suspend your disbelief it is an entertaining read. 4â­ï¸

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cassareada
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This book is a gem. I don't know what it is about books where the MC is a serial killer, but I love it. I'd say Claire is my favorite to date. Her inner thoughts of annoyance over trivial things cracked me up. I lost count of the number of times I laughed while reading this late into the night.

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julesG
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Claire has been a vigilante serial killer for most of her life. After her father's (natural!) death she joins a grief support group, but not all the members of the group are grieving, nor are they what they seem to be.

This is a layered story and it was interesting to find out how it was all connected and came together in the end, but I found the repetitive writing from Claire's POV rather boring⬇ï¸

#ARC #MountARC #NetGalley

Pub Day: 21 Sept

julesG ... Claire's POV rather boring and repetitive and not at all funny or satirical. We see the secondary characters through Claire's eyes and that makes them caricatures and/or props to propel the serial killer story-line forwards. Claire is an unlikable MC who, in my opinion, only gains depth through the third-person POV flashbacks to her childhood. â¬‡ï¸ 1y
julesG An interesting concept and I liked guessing how it was all connected, but I didn't care for the characters or the writing and might even have DNF'd the book had it been much longer. 1y
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5feet.of.fury That‘s too bad, it‘s a great title 1y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 (edited) 1y
Andrew65 Oh no 😫 1y
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