A review by pinesandpages
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson

3.5

I finished this in two days, so it was overall decent. But also....it wrapped up HELLA quick. Phoebe went from giant commitmentphobe to "I love you" & moving in realll fast at the end. I liked the author's writing style but I would say maybe the plot doesn't have a lot of meat on its bones. It felt like the PhD dissertation aspect was supposed to be more woven through the plot and be more substantial than casual pop culture & spooky jokes, but it just wasn’t. Also there wasn’t a lot of internal reflections or resolutions on her feelings with her childhood + her father’s death, and that’s kinda the impetus for the entire book so it was surprising to be absent. Even in her friendship with Alison, the past was just lightly talked about even tho they had a lot to discuss. It was touched upon and immediately moved past, like Alison was just sitting static waiting for Phoebe to half heartedly apologize. 

So overall, I enjoyed this just fine but it was surprisingly superficial. The premise seems like it’d have a lot of introspection, and I think the author tried for that? But it didn’t work for me. 
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