sleepyowl_ink reviewed One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence (Impossible Times)
In January 1986, fifteen-year-old boy-genius Nick Hayes discovers he’s dying. And it isn’t even the …
Review of 'One Word Kill' on 'LibraryThing'
2 stars
I can't say it was terrible, but it wasn't exactly enjoyable either.
I picked up the book because the blurb hinted at a group of friends playing D&D and fantastical (game) events start bleeding into their lives. But that's not it at all. I don't really think D&D was really that critical to the story. You could replace that with any afterschool activity and it would be the same thing.
My main problem with the story though was that I felt like it was building up to something, and the ending failed to deliver. It could be because I read this book not realising it was book 1 of a trilogy and so did not mentally prepare myself accordingly.
I'm not sure I care enough to read the rest of the series.
