Killer Content by Kiley Roache(Book Review)

 

Underlined|2021

Ages 14 and up.

🔺mention of suicide and binge drinking

Social media, internet personalities, murder, criminal investigation, thriller, mystery.

43 chapters (excluding a prologue)

249 pages

Genre:YA thriller

Knives Out meets One of Us is Lying! In this paperback original thriller a group of famous TikTokers find themselves turning on each other when one member of the group turns up dead at their beachfront Malibu mansion.

35 million followers. One dead body.

The six teenagers who make up the Hype House seem to have it all. A beachfront Malibu mansion, millions of TikTok followers, model good looks, and sponsorship deals up to $30,000 per post. Everything's pretty much a Gen-Z paradise. Except that one member of the house has just turned up dead in the infinity pool. And the rest of them are suspects.

When the group TikTok account starts posting cryptic messages about the murder, the police limit their investigation to the members of the house. Now old joke videos are filed as evidence and past rivalries start to look like motives.

As investigators dig into these influencers' lives beyond their glossy internet personalities, they discover all five had reasons their lives would've been easier with Sydney Reynolds dead. But only one of them killed her.

(Synopsis From Goodreads)

Killer content's cover is very intriguing, that is what made me pick it up, and the title too.

It is a teenage mystery novel but not really serious. It is clumsy and juvenile but still manages to keep your eyes open and your interest. It has a really interesting twist too. The first three chapters don't get you ready enough for what is coming next. It was a really lovely read. It was published recently, about two weeks ago. I really don't know why it isn't trending yet. 

 I really liked the writing style, it was smooth and simple. Although the characters were kind of plain, in their thinking and appearance described. It was really generic. Is that really how these influencing Tiktok and instagram kids think? Surely there must be a little depth to them. I just wished there was more depth in the characters, they weren't really solid.

But still, I still think this would make a good movie. Although I wonder if the handsome God's time crooner would be available for the movie. That could make the movie deal slightly difficult?

Um...let's see, 15/20.