Matt Inman
A friend recommended The Kill Artist to me after I finished a Dan Brown novel, but it didn’t quite live up to what I was hoping for. The writing itself is solid and well-paced, and Silva clearly knows his craft, but the story felt more like a straightforward spy thriller than the layered mystery I expected. I was looking for more intrigue and complexity, something with sharper twists or deeper secrets. Instead, it played out predictably. Not a bad read, just not the one that kept me guessing.
A friend recommended The Kill Artist to me after I finished a Dan Brown novel, but it didn’t quite live up to what I was hoping for. The writing itself is solid and well-paced, and Silva clearly knows his craft, but the story felt more like a straightforward spy thriller than the layered mystery I expected. I was looking for more intrigue and complexity, something with sharper twists or deeper secrets. Instead, it played out predictably. Not a bad read, just not the one that kept me guessing.