Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

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

32 reviews

siirilo's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.5

-monet arvosteluista jota oon lukenu kutsuu tätä ns "aivot narikkaan"-kirjallisuudeks, minkä suuri fani yleensä oon. Oon myös "feministinen kostofantasian" iso fani. Tää ei ollu kumpaakaan. 

-joka ikinen hahmo on raivostuttava, inhottava tai/ja ei yhtään sympatiaa herättävä. Ymmärrän kirjan lähtökohdan, ja sometähti sarjamurhaaja on tosi kiinostava idea, ja tää kirja ois voinu olla tosi ajatuksia herättävä raiskaus-kulttuurista. 

-Sen sijaan kirja onnistuu  esittämään ylimielisen ja mauttoman päähenkilön, traumalla mässäilevän tarinan ja ei-mihinkään menevän juonen. Hahmot ei käyny mitään muutosta läpi. Ei myöskään maailma. Tylsä tylsä ja tylsä, ja sitten välillä raivostuttava. 

-päähenkilön suhtautuminen muihin naisiin sekä omaan rahaansa ja ulkonäköönsä suorastaan välillä huutaa "pick-me"tä. 

-päähenkilön poikakaveri on karsee draamailija ja ovimatto naisia satuttaville miehille. 

-päähenkilön kaverit on kirjotettu ku aivoton kanalauma - mikä osaltaan auttaa kirjan "pick-me" energiaa. 

-se, mitä päähenkilö teki edelliselle poikaystävälleen on kuvottavaa, samoin se, miten hahmoa kuvaillaan (esim mielenterveysongelmat). En tiiä kuka voi olla päähenkilön puolella tän jälkeen, varsinkin, kun hahmo ei tunnu paljoa katuvan tekoaan. Joo, pettäkät on limasii ja surkeita, mut??????

-loppukäänne oli ihan uskomattoman surkee. Ilman spoilereita: miksi? Mikä oli hahmojen perimmäiset syyt toimintaansa? Thrillereissä ja dekkareissa mun lempi puuhaa on yrittää arvata käänteet - onnistuuko siinä lopulta ei niinkään merkitse, vaan se, että näkee kirjan asettamat vihjeet juonen varrelta. Tässä vika juonenkäänne tulee puskista, ja hahmojen syyt jätetään käden huitasulla syrjään. 

-voisin valittaa tästä loputtomiin, mut sensijaan suosittelen Oyinkan Braithwaiten
 Sisareni, sarjamurhaajaa, joka on juoneltaan ja kirjojoitustyyliltään purevampi ja taidokkaampi ja jonka hahmot ei saa mua repimään hiuksiani päästä.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

kirayt's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Stalking, Animal death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Alcohol, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Addiction, Death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Vomit

dr_kat's review

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

There are enough reviews here that y’all can get what this book is about. I’m gonna say this: it was super fun and creative and, yes, gory and violent. I really liked Kitty Collins’s and Tor and was totally captivated by their narratives unfolding. The villains were all scary af, as villains should be; but they were also good representations of the flaws in villains (and why they don’t “win” in the end). So often serial killer stories give the killer (and the hunter, sometimes) these kinds of supernatural kinds of abilities and that can quickly get ridiculous. Brent doesn’t do that — there’s a lot of how life happens, how people only see what they expect to see, etc. — and I think that’s why it works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Alcohol, Bullying, Abandonment, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, and Emotional abuse

pianokeys's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Death, Incest, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Child abuse, Infidelity, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, Grief, Suicide, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Sexual violence

annniina98's review against another edition

4.0

The ending was a bit of a let down, but not enough to destroy this. This was what I hoped from A Certain Hunger, I'm so happy that I read this so close to that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Body horror, Infidelity, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Torture, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Self harm

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Panic attacks/disorders

readlots's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, and Violence

graceev's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

leah08855's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

calicat42's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence

sadiel92's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual violence