#MurderTrending

"Entertaining! I really enjoyed this unique book. Sounds like it would be very dark, it is but it’s quirky."

"Really good 5/5"

"I find it hard to give this book any leg-ups besides the fact that it is action-packed and reads quickly. It's written like a YA book would be, with all the classic parts of it being there. Basic characters that stick to their two personality traits like glue, dialogue that's borderline cringy most of the time. But with this one, you have themes of extreme violence along with very adult language seemingly out of nowhere. I felt like I was reading an author who SHOULD be writing adult fiction but instead decided to make it YA. I didn't like the result of that one bit. It feels very offputting to me and I can't figure out what the target audience is. For someone like me who's into adult horror, the YA aspect of it was silly and took away from the meaningful ways the themes of this novel could have been portrayed. If you typically read YA, I can't help but feel the scenes of violence would feel shockingly out of place. The whole novel is completely unrealistic and faulty. There was plothole upon plothole, and the focus of the novel was not on the parts of this that it should have been. It feels like McNeil wanted another Hunger Games but didn't put in any of the work to make it convincing and instead decided to put out some silly and unrealistic version of the United States where everyone in the general population is braindead. (You notice I'm not arguing that the politicians are corrupt, although even that is so grossly out of proportion it takes away from EVEN THAT message.) This novel disgusts me. I don't understand how her editors let this go into publication as it was. And how anybody gained anything meaningful from reading this. I don't go after books often but this should not have been published. The end product is lazy, silly, and irreverent."

"This was a good book! It was super entertaining and kept you on your edge of your seat the entire time. It had awesome movie references and really let you connect with the characters. The plot twist was also good, it was expected but not how you think! Most likely going to read to sequel!!"

"Just read it yourself to check out just how good it is"

"SPOILERS!!! It was okay. I didn’t love any of the characters. The main character was annoying the entire way through and just made me angry half the time. Nyles was alright, just kind of strange. Ethan was honestly an okay character though he was kind of obnoxious, i did still enjoy him more than the rest. Griselda was just a bxtch, i did not like her. at all. I kind of predicted the ending (sort of) with Kimmi and everything in that sense. I feel like Dee effortlessly killing all the Painiacs was very unrealistic. I mean what 17 year old girl is able to kill these trained killers so easily? i think the book felt a lot like a wattpad story but published as a book. it was just meh. "

"this book is my roman empire. i think about it at least twice a day. morning and night. "

"One of the best uses of printed internet conversations in a book I’ve seen yet! Fun plot and the characters are just the right ratio of silly to serious "

"Pretty good, solid horror book and def a Halloween read for me or just when I feel like being scared "

"If you have a weak stomach, this book is not for you. If you’re kinda twisted then this book is for you."