A review by ryoflame
Hater by David Moody

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I found some of the premise interesting and I would have rated the book higher if our MC wasn't SO unlikeable. The way he thinks of his wife and his kids and people around him, his hateful internal monologues made me think the author was going to do something clever like say, if you were already a hateful person you wouldn't turn, but this isn't the case and I was left wondering what it was all for. Danny is just awful and I wasn't invested in his survival, which meant that while I enjoyed watching the chaos develop there was no real sense of danger or urgency for me around our MC. A shame, it could have been fun.