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The Serial Killer Book I’ve Been Waiting For

Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka

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I went in to this book so wary! I’m not a huge fan of serial killers or the true crime mania that glorifies men who murder (mostly) women. So even though I’d seen glowing review after breathless recommendation of Notes On an Execution, I doubted I’d get past 20%. I am never so pleased to be wrong than when it comes to loving an unexpected book. The premise of this one is simple, it is the day of Ansel Power’s execution. There are brief chapters […]

“Human nature could be so hideous, but it persisted in this ugliness by insisting it was good.”

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

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Look at me, reviewing a book I just finished yesterday*. I am determined to review all my October books in a timely fashion** so as not to make my backlog problem worse than it already is. (Sigh.) This was sort of a bummer one to start my October spooky reads on because it was all serious and stuff, no fun at all to be had here. But I can’t deny it was very well done. *But posted here in December, whoops. I finished this in […]

Very few people believed that they were bad, and this was the scariest part. Human nature could be so hideous, but it persisted in this ugliness by insisting it was good.”

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

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Cannonball Read Bingo: Scandal In one word: Evocative This book came by recommendation of a like-minded reading pal who threw the phrase “best book I read all year” out, so I decided that reading it was a no-brainer, especially as I was looking for something dark and spooky. It doesn’t get much darker than a male serial killer of women, especially as true crime is having such a surge in popularity in recent years. Plus, I needed something for my Cannonball Read bingo “scandal” card […]

Could’ve done with a few more notes…

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

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The problem with picking up books based solely upon their opening lines is you are routinely caught off guard by what comes after that initial bit. With this book, I just assumed what was in store for me was another wrongful conviction story. Boy, I learned right quick that I was dead wrong (pun intended) on that one. I’d have known that if I’d read any of the blurbs on the back, but I tend to skip those. I will say that I was pleasantly surprised […]

“Tragedy was undiscerning and totally unfair.”

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

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I read Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka months (months!) ago and absolutely loved it, to the point that I felt too overwhelmed to write a review for it at the time. So, I’ve now sabotaged myself because I don’t remember the book as well as I would like to, so I will likely be unable to do justice to this book that I found incredibly smart and moving. Notes on an Execution tells the story of a serial killer largely through the eyes […]

“You’ll see. It’s good here.”

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

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It has taken me a while to write this review, in part because I needed some space from reading the book before I felt I could begin (and also in part because spring break is over, but my new-found love of Breath of the Wild is just starting).  In between searching for shrines and attempting to tame wild horses, I finished this haunting novel. Right after finishing this book, I watched Undercurrent, about the murder of journalist Kim Wallis. And here in my home state, […]



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