Kill Your Friends

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The burb said they were trapped on an island. So why did we find out they were (not really) stranded when the book is almost over?? Ok that’s an exaggeration but the blurb was a huge giveaway. And that was a disappointment for me. Toxic friendships, lies, deaths (and almost-deaths,) this book has it all to keep you on the edge of your seat. The only good part was the mysterious sea serpent. And it barely made an appearance. I kept waiting for it to gobble up some of these adults behaving badly. Stelfox is probably one of the most despicable characters you'll ever read. And because you're in his head, you get the full-throttle experience -- and that can be intense. Stelfox hates everybody, is chronically sexist, racist and every other negative -ist in the dictionary. And to top it off is no good at his job and kinda hates music in general. Shame he's an overpaid music exec. While I did feel this was a bit of a slow burn, I didn't enjoy it any less because of that. I love the way Elliott builds her characters and the way she allows us to see inside their heads; learn about their pasts and motivations.

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Bronwyn is out of sorts as well, but for different reasons. She's receiving threatening messages, she's distracted, constantly looking over her shoulder, but why?But, now, Georgie and Bron are attending the memorial service for Lissa, the strongest swimmer of the three, drowned in Kanu Cove.

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Book Genre: Comedy, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Humor, Literature, Modern, Music, Mystery, Novels, Thriller Not a terrible book, but nothing captivating either. It's a decent, well-written summer mystery if you're looking for something to pass the time. The language is crude, debauched, snide & totally politically incorrect. It's certainly NOT for the feint hearted- and honestly I can understand that. It really is below the belt in a lot of ways & I consider myself pretty open minded when it comes to books & movies. (Yet, apparently not so much as I thought, because I must be the only the person in the world who found Bad Santa really distasteful.) We’re talking about killing Lissa here. Specifically, me killing Lissa. Me feeling forced to kill Lissa. Only now she’s already dead.But as the hits dry up and the industry begins to change, Stelfox must take the notion of cutthroat business practices to murderous new levels in a desperate attempt to salvage his career. Definitely feels like it walks the line of being a YA novel and an adult novel at some points, creating a drastic tone difference between some chapters. I appreciated the whodunit aspect and returning some forms of the classic formula but the mystery wasn't engaging enough for me to keep a close note of all the clues and suspicions. Lissa, Georgie and Bronwyn have been best friends since they were together in their college swim team. Now, years later, Georgie and Bron are attending the memorial service for Lissa, who drowned in the resort she was running along her husband. She was the strongest swimmer so, how could she drown? Is there any truth in the local myths that say a serpent lives in the waters of Kanu Cove? An unexpected read: I don’t think you would have come across a story quite like it! It is very different and that definitely increases its appeal. The writing style eventually had me gripped and I could not help but become fascinated with Meredith’s actions. The whip-smart Ailsa’s descent into terror and confusion as the Manse begins to have its effect on her is played out beautifully…this manages to be both uncannily creepy and grounded in the true horror of human evil.”– The Guardian

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Georgie, Lissa, and Bronwyn have been a close trio since their college days although Bron knows Georgie and Lissa had a bond that even she couldn't penetrate. All three were and still are excellent swimmers, having competed in college. They are very close to several of the guys swimmers/polo players from their college years and the group meet up several times a year. But Georgie missed the last meetup, the one where Lissa, the strongest swimmer of the group, drowned. It doesn't make sense that such a thing could happen. Several months after the drowning, the rest of the group is meeting up on the island of the beautiful resort that Lissa owned with her husband.

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Usually for one of these books about a man/woman going down an unchartered path to the abyss they do it slowly, one unexpected event leading to the next before they realize it, so much momentum has started that they can't stop themselves or their behavior. Not in KILL YOUR FRIENDS. Here, from very early in the book, the protagonist is a raving a-hole to everything around him. It's on this occasion that Lissa, taking an unimaginable solo night swim in the dangerous waters of Kanu Cove, drowns. Her body assumed swept out to sea, is never recovered. Stelfox is racist, rude, sexist, ruthlessly ambitious and wonderfully honest (at least in how he sees the world). That Niven allows such a fantastic bastard like Stelfox to triumph throughout the book is testament to the man's ability to make you like and even care about his horrific main character. Y Best swimmer friends gather to celebrate the loss of their friend Lissa who is drowned at Kanu Lake where is filled with mythical creatures like serpentine and the very same haunted place always likes to take and take! Whilst it's quite feasibly perhaps an accurate or exaggerated picture of the music/A&R industry as experienced by Niven for a decade - a world that is hugely irreverent, iconoclastic and imbued through and through with toxic masculinity. It's a world painted here by Niven of nevererending drug and violent sex fuelled existence - filled with, consumed by resentment, hatred and loathing.

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I was immediately drawn to How to kill your best friend because of the title (not that I plan to kill any friend) and the cover. Look at those colors! Gorgeous! I didn’t know how this novel would progress and for the first half, found my attention span wandering. However, the pace and intrigue undoubtedly intensified in the latter half, allowing me to secure this with a four-star rating.