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** spoiler alert ** I am somewhat disappointed in this book. It plods along until the last few chapters, describing in every chapter what a crappy life the protagonist has--he has a nagging, bitchy wife and three annoying children; a crummy, low-paying job; a dumpy tenement apartment; and a father-in-law who thinks he's not good enough for his daughter--and the different ways citizens are being turned on by strangers and even loved ones.

The premise is a good one--what would happen to society if people on impulse started murdering each other?--and the sense of growing paranoia and the breakdown of our ordered world is done well, but I really don't "get" it. Do the Haters have a legitimate gripe and reason for turning on non-Haters?

I really didn't understand the kill-or-be-killed explanation. The strangers, friends, and family members the Haters brutally murdered were not out to get them in the first place. I kept expecting there to be a good reason for the turning, like maybe the non-Haters were some alien breed or something as wacky. When that or something as strange didn't happen, I was letdown to say the least. Hell, the non-Haters were surprised when they were brutally set upon and murdered! There is no "war" between the two groups because the other side doesn't even fight back. The "next step in evolution" just rings false to me. A world of murdering Haters ruling over...what? Would they turn on each other and bash themselves out of existence?

Hater would have been better as a short story or novella. There's just not enough meat here for an entire book. Odd for me to say that since it's going to be a series. I don't think I'll be reading the sequels.