Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent

31 reviews

scouto's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Blood, Vomit, Self harm, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Animal death, and Addiction

joga's review

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Rape, Gore, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Violence, Sexual assault, and Animal death

Moderate: Abortion, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Grief, Vomit, and Physical abuse

revoli's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Animal death, Blood, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Infidelity, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Drug use

ynaiita_5896's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

🍸 Instagram star and influencer, Katy Collins is surrounded by fame and fortune. A normal night out turns into a freaky accidental death of the man who followed her from the nightclub. But what also remained is a new addiction - the thrill of killing.

🍸 Dark, twisted and hilarious. It had those dark comedy thriller elements that I normally gravitate towards. Loved the pop culture references.

🍸 The plot lacked some originality and often lost its sense of realism. Overall story felt like it was from a TV series. It's obvious these characters aren't people you'd want to hangout with and Katy Brent has perfectly created them to be so toxic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gaslighting, Blood, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Gun violence, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

crustyrat5000's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Blood, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual assault

jane_bee28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gore, Violence, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Rape, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

hamillherself's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

galactic_gigi's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Started this book at 1 a.m. during my exam weeks. Huge mistake! Couldn‘t put it down and actually spoiled myself as to who the stalker was to even go to sleep. Needless to say I basically finished the book in a day. The characters are not really loveable but oddly charming and the dark humour was right up my alley.

I‘m really glad Kitty doesn’t get caught

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Infidelity, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Torture, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Blood, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Trafficking, and Medical content

toribth's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

You know what - this actually wasn't bad at all lol. It did take some getting used to the whole absurdity of the situation, but once you embrace the fact that this posh influencer girlie goes around chopping up rapists and sex offenders like she's doing her laundry, it gets quite entertaining.

The writing is very fast paced, which allows for a quick and easygoing read, and as you move along the story, puzzle pieces about the protagonist's past fall into place and things just get decidedly more unhinged. It was a bit too over the top sometimes, though. Plus, most of the plot consists of how she finds and kills her victims, which only barely managed to avoid getting tedious. Some details were rushed, some a bit random, but all in all, it was good.

Anyway, I liked the story once I accepted it for what it was. It was refreshingly unhinged and VERY soothing for my vengeful little man-hater heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Murder, Torture, Blood, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Stalking, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Cursing, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

annaae's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Death