Review By Ronny
Dark and twisted, I Bet You’d Look Good in a Coffin is oh so much fun to read.
Favourite Quote:
It’s amazing what men will confess to when you’re holding a knife to their scrotum.
Book Synopsis:
My name is Kitty Collins and I’m a serial killer.
I don’t want to kill. It’s just so hard to resist. Some men really, really deserve it.
Men like Blaze Bundy, an anonymous influencer spreading misogyny online. He’s making it very hard for me to control my murderous urges.
Meanwhile I’m in the South of France to watch my mother marry a man I’ve never met. I should be drinking cocktails and focusing on my tan, not plotting a murder.
But a woman’s work is never done. Surely one more teensy little kill wouldn’t hurt, would it?
Review:
Who would have thought I would be rooting for a serial killer, but that is what I do every time I read a book featuring Kitty Collins. Kitty is a serial killer who is a hero of sorts…..well, maybe not a hero, but she only kills men who are truly terrible and, let’s be honest, need to be killed. This book and its predecessor give off Dexter and Sex and the City vibes. You wouldn’t think these two TV shows would go together, but Katy has worked her magic and created something highly entertaining to read. This book deals with some tough topics, and even though it’s funny at times, it’s more in that darkish, twisted sense of humour. What I am trying to say is, yes, I loved this book and would recommend it, but I always give a warning that you have to like your thrillers, dark, gruesome, and full of problematic characters because, at the end of the day, the main character is a serial killer.
This book picks up a year or so after the previous book ended. Kitty has decided to stop killing men and live a quieter life with her boyfriend, but living that homebody lifestyle isn’t as fulfilling as Kitty had hoped. That urge to hunt and kill terrible men is still there and gets even stronger when Blaze Bundy, an asshole sexist Instagram star, keeps posting terrible videos degrading women. Things become even more complicated for Kitty when her estranged mother invites her to the South of France for her wedding. I enjoyed the story and thought Katy did a great job at hooking readers in and keeping them engaged in blips of fast-past “holy shit” moments and unexpected twists and turns. Kitty is an interesting character. I wouldn’t say she possesses too many qualities that would endear her to most readers. She’s not the greatest person at times, and she makes some pretty terrible mistakes in this book. I am not talking about her killing people. You have got to like your characters operating in that morally grey zone and to be flawed. She does have some growth in this book, mainly realizing that she is different from others and living that conventional life isn’t for her.
I’d Bet You’d Look Good in a Coffin is another fun and twisty thriller by the talented Katy Brent.
Thank you, Harper Collins Canada, for sending us a copy in exchange for an honest review.
