Status Updates From Natural Born Killers

Keep reading Gale's dialogue in the same hammy, simultaneously clipped and rhapsodic, Australian twang RJD uses in the film. Haha

Professional athletes gain their fame by being great at what they do; the Bundy's, Dahmer's and Gacy's of the world gain their infamy the same way. The media turns murder into a marketable entertainment - making sure the victims are forgotten but the perpetrators are not. 'NBK' shows such circus.

Provides a shot of violence each time it's picked up. Great fun! Scenes from the film are recognisable and covered, but fleetingly - bones to construct a larger body of work. The written element allows more of a backstory for characters than the film did, Gales particularly fits Downy Jr's film-Gale really well

Judged this off the back of a handful of reviews which suggested an uninspired novelisation of the film or a flimsy borrowing of its characters, so therefore expected it to be either really bad, but good fun, or just really bad. 20-odd pages in so far and it's doing its own fast-paced, fun thing. Humour in-line with the films - had me laughing on commute 🦂🐍