What makes the central concept even more appealing is that it raises the stakes, and as such, raises the tension. Suddenly no one is above suspicion and no character in the novel is safe.
For the entire first section of this book, the reader has been inside the killer’s head and then Levin pulls you out and leaves you realising that you have no idea who he might be. When the novel changes perspective in the second section, now told from Dorothy’s sister Ellen’s point of view, the reader suddenly has no idea who this killer is. Narrating the opening section, this psychopathic male student remains unnamed, which allows Levin to indulge is some deftly managed misdirection for both his characters and his readers regarding the killer’s identity. The less you know about the rest of the plot, the more you will enjoy A Kiss Before Dying because structurally, it is a work of perfection. But when his plan to get rid of the child fails, the man decides that Dorothy will have to die instead. Dorothy is pregnant and this man knows that her father will disown her if she has a child out of wedlock. He has been dating Dorothy, the daughter of a wealthy copper magnate for a year now and she loves him and wants to marry him.Įverything has been going to plan, until now. Despite his charm, good looks and charisma, he has no money, so he decides to marry in to it rather than make it for himself. However, this is one all-American boy who will stop at nothing-not even murder-to get what he wants from life. It is set mostly on a small-town college campus and has as it’s protagonist, a good-looking all-American boy. A Kiss Before Dying is less fantastical than the other two Levin novels I’ve read.
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