Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

64 reviews

originally_olivia's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Murder, Gore, Violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Stalking, Grief, Body horror, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Animal death, Addiction, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Incest

k_lupin's review

dark fast-paced

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

1.5

Would have DNFd but could feel a twist coming and wanted to know what it would be.
I was intrigued by the premise, and it was very easy to keep reading, but I felt like there were plot holes needing addressing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Stalking, Self harm, and Child abuse

irenemarie's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Stalking, Drug abuse, Rape, Blood, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Incest

Minor: Miscarriage

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

maisiedodds's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Death, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Suicide attempt, and Cursing

Minor: Miscarriage

gsantino32's review

dark funny

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The overall storyline of this book was so fun!! Reasons it didn’t get a higher rating - relationship felt built on infatuation not an actual connection and conversations between characters felt jumpy and unnatural at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide attempt

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

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

lilacorn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide attempt and Eating disorder