Book: Notes on An Execution
Author: Danya Kukafka
Pages: 336
This is my 206th read for the year
What Amazon says:
Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he's done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Answel doesn't want to die. He wants to be celebrated, understood. Through a kaleidoscope of women - a mother, a sister, a homicide detective - we learn the story of Answel's life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a 17 year old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Answel's wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sister's relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake.
This was an okay book. I enjoyed the timeline and view points of vaious characters that were all tied to Ansel. I liked that the focus wasn't solely on the serial killer, but his victims. The problem was that the characters were just so-so. And the writing was average.
Stars: 3
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