They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Holy hell this book was fun! Set within the old-boys-club world of academia, They Never Learn is unsettling, smart and absolutely riveting.
Scarlett is an English professor who murders men who abuse and/or rape women for sport. But when the college decides to investigate the growing body count and she loses control with her most recent victim, she has to avoid detection and keep her secret life, secret. Meanwhile, Carly, a first-year college student, becomes obsessed with making her best friend’s sexual attacker pay.
As a protagonist, Scarlett definitely toes the line between vigilante and sociopath. I don’t think she’s exactly a vigilante because there’s no question that she doesn’t give a single care at all that she’s murdering people. But equally, I don’t think she’s actually a sociopath. She was capable of love and worrying about people other than herself, and not just in a how-will-it-affect-me sort of way. But that juxtaposition, Scarlett’s flaws and her back story, make her all the more intriguing.
Dark and twisted with a snarky, feminist serial killer protagonist. It’s everything I wanted and didn’t even know I needed. For fans of My Lovely Wife and Killing Eve, They Never Learn is full of feminist rage, hot lesbian sex, and sharp, edgy prose with a breathless ending and characters you’ll feel like you know!
Sounds like a great book
This has been on my TBR list since I first heard about it. It sounds like such a good read!!
Wow, this sounds great! A woman Dexter, right up my alley!
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Wow, what a great story. Can’t wait to read it!
I would love to have this book. Sounds great.
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Awesome cover.Would love to read this sounds great
Wow! This sounds like a real psychological thriller and is one I would enjoy reading. Thank you for the chance.
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Oh this sounds like a brilliant book!
As soon as I read dark and twisted above, I was intrigued with this book. It sounds like the kind of mystery I would really enjoy!
I have heard nothing but great things about They Never Learn. Several of my Bookstagram buddies have read and recommended it.
I love the Dexter aspect of the story