Knives Out: Sharpest Writing of 2019?
Knives Out doesn’t just defy the whodunit narrative, it uses the weaknesses to its advantage. It’s well aware of the genre’s faults and tropes

Theyr'e young, they're gay and (perhaps most importantly) they're all as horny as fuck. In fact, they can't wait to get inside each others pants; which is just as well because neither can we! Indeed, we've no doubt in our minds that you're gonna be drooling like buggery as these gorgeous cherubs strip off and enjoy every hearty inch of boy-meat that they've each got stuffed inside their undies; slurping on dick like next months rent depends on it, which in fairness it probably does! Lads like Aaron Aurora, Lloyd Adams and Scott Williams - a bevy of Brit-based fornicators, who aren't happy until every hungry hole has been stuffed, and every drop of boy-cream has been splattered against cute, expectant faces and arses!
Knives Out doesn’t just defy the whodunit narrative, it uses the weaknesses to its advantage. It’s well aware of the genre’s faults and tropes
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