Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

51 reviews

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

thebookraiders's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Rape, Animal death, Body horror, Sexual assault, Stalking, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

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

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

florenceassetto's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

i liked the book! i didn't feel it too easy to connect with the characters and the writing style wasn't immediately my favourite but i enjoyed the plot enough to want to keep reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Blood, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Drug use

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

teaqueen's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

Solid 4 stars, literally what it says on the tin. There were a few questionable choices from Kitty that I thought would get her found out. But it was a good, mostly light, at times funny read. And quite cathartic. 
I was surprised I quite enjoyed the narrative voice as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Violence, Drug abuse, Murder, and Animal death

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

jenn_reads's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts