Reviews for Most Likely to Die

The average rating for Most Likely to Die based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-09-03 00:00:00 Pamela Pacsay I found this book in the airport and picked it up because I'd forgotten a book of my own to read. It immediately became apparent why the previous reader had left it on the bench. Wow, was it bad! From the improbable setting of a convent in Portland, Oregon, to the blatant, almost racist, tokenism of the characters (including a fat Mexican girl who loves jalapenos on her pizza), this book was an example of everything a good writer should not do. I laughed out loud when the killer -- yes, that's how the antagonist is referred to until the very end -- smiles to herself when the lights go out on the subway, only to have "her face carefully masked in neutrality" when the lights return. It would only have been cheesier had she laughed diabolically. Oh wait, she does that later in the book. The best part? At the end of the novel, [spoiler alert] the main characters all end up with every girl's dream: a hot, rich husband and a kid. I guess that's their prize for not letting the serial killer trick them with her sneaky phone calls! I agree with one thing: according to the cover, this book was the scariest novel of the year. Both the editing and the fact that this was supposedly written by "three New York Times bestselling authors" are pretty terrifying to behold.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-07-28 00:00:00 Brian Carmouche I enjoyed this book, but the thing that kept me from a 5 star review was the style of writing. The book is told through a number of POVs, including the killer's. While the three main POV's were easily distinguished as they each had their own section of the book, the killer's POV was integrated into each chapter, and it would change POV's in the middle of a page, with no warning. It was often confusing and I'd have to re-read sentences to remember who was speaking, so that got frustrating sometimes. I worked out the killer really early on, but I really liked the way everything came together in the end. Overall, this was an enjoyable thriller.