Notes on an Execution- Review
This book has been recommended by so many users on TikTok. They advertised it as a poignant and original look into our obsessions with true crime and serial killers, but told from the perspective we don’t often hear- female victims of the male serial killer. This was what I got by reading Danya Kukafka’s sophomore novel. It was a compelling psychological deconstruction of what makes a serial killer, starting from his childhood to end of his life. Intertwined are the stories of women that his actions have affected, one way or another. Although at times, I felt that some happenings are too convoluted and perhaps not the most realistic, Kukafka is such a masterful storyteller I did not mind it too much. ‘Notes on an Execution’ follows Ansel Parker, a man on death row for murder of four women. He is scheduled to be executed in twelve hours, but Ansel is trying to escape death row and make his Theory public. At the same time, a much bigger portion of the novel is dedicated to women that hav...