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reviewed One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence (Impossible Times)

Mark Lawrence: One Word Kill (Hardcover, 2019, 47North) 4 stars

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 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Disclosure: I got this through Amazon First Reads, with no connection to the publisher per se (Other than 47 North being an Amazon thing, of course).



Wow. This was hugely enjoyable, and despite being heavy on tropes (a "mysteriously familiar stranger"? Really?) I couldn't put it down. it captured well much of the teenage condition, made excellent use of its period detail and generally lived up to its synopsis - something few books can do. Very much looking forward to number 2.