My Heart Is a Chainsaw

I really looked forward to this book after reading Jones' excellent “The Only Good Indians.”

The premise sounded good, yet Jones did nothing with it. The book is extremely slow interspersed with boring essays the main character has written to her history teacher. Each essay goes on and on about various slasher topics.

For such a talented author, the writing in this book was sub-standard. Most of the time, it was hard to follow dialogue or who was doing what; it's as though there was no editor overseeing this novel. Most of the characters weren't fleshed out and Jade was supper unsympathetic, even once we get a reveal about her towards the end.

The ending? Completely ridiculous.