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A review by kristenkrae
Project Cain by Geoffrey Girard
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Review of Project Cain by Geoffrey Girard
Sadly another ⭐️/5 star book for me. This one should’ve stayed on my shelf for another ten years.
This book had so much potential. It was a really really good idea, however, it was really really poorly executed.
The positives: it’s about cloned serial killers. Pretty cool?
The negatives: 1. zero character development. Which is ironic since the author would dedicate pages dumping information about characters such as what they liked and disliked. But none of this is actually relevant to the book at all.
2. The story itself. Was supposedly about clone serial killers, which yes, it was. However, it was mostly just the two main characters hotel jumping *looking* for the clones. Involved a lot of sleeping, staring at walls, and watching tv.
3. The dialogue. There is none.
4. The “Jeffrey Dahmer” clone, assumes a lot. Which I tried to keep in mind, okay, this is a 17 year old kid. But oh boy. I “assumed” he hated me. I “assumed” he was upset. I “assumed” I could ask a question. I “assumed” we were friends now.
5. The amount of times the Dahmer clone “ran away”. And by running away I mean he would clearly state he was running away, and then wander around for all of 2 hours and then change his mind and go back to Castillo (the other main character).
Recommended for: young teens who might have an interest in learning the very basic information about serial killers. I feel like that is who the book is targeted for, but meh. Not really a story, and more of an information dump.
Sadly another ⭐️/5 star book for me. This one should’ve stayed on my shelf for another ten years.
This book had so much potential. It was a really really good idea, however, it was really really poorly executed.
The positives: it’s about cloned serial killers. Pretty cool?
The negatives: 1. zero character development. Which is ironic since the author would dedicate pages dumping information about characters such as what they liked and disliked. But none of this is actually relevant to the book at all.
2. The story itself. Was supposedly about clone serial killers, which yes, it was. However, it was mostly just the two main characters hotel jumping *looking* for the clones. Involved a lot of sleeping, staring at walls, and watching tv.
3. The dialogue. There is none.
4. The “Jeffrey Dahmer” clone, assumes a lot. Which I tried to keep in mind, okay, this is a 17 year old kid. But oh boy. I “assumed” he hated me. I “assumed” he was upset. I “assumed” I could ask a question. I “assumed” we were friends now.
5. The amount of times the Dahmer clone “ran away”. And by running away I mean he would clearly state he was running away, and then wander around for all of 2 hours and then change his mind and go back to Castillo (the other main character).
Recommended for: young teens who might have an interest in learning the very basic information about serial killers. I feel like that is who the book is targeted for, but meh. Not really a story, and more of an information dump.