Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

40 reviews

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Grief, and Emotional abuse

grace_eleanor23's review

dark funny informative relaxing tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

mucky_puddler's review

dark slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Torture, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, and Drug use

aimeenotpond's review

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Classism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

jennifer1130's review

slow-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

2.0

I've likely judged this book more harshly that I might otherwise because of the heavy pushing of this book to me via social media adverts by the publisher. Having said that the absolutely max it deserves is 3 stars on a good day.

What a disappointment. The premise of this book is interesting, killing your whole family for revenge but there is nothing clever nor interesting about this story. Instead it trawls laboriously through dull plot and follows the format of basic intro to, this is how I killed person 1, this is how I killed person 2, person 3 etc. With a few brief flip backs to the present day where the main character Grace is in prison and is writing her diary style story. The diary style story really irritated me with its 'need to go now' endings. Who has time to write that in a diary when there's something you actually need to go for??

I didn't really believe at any point that I was in the mind of someone capable of killing 6 people. It felt like a fictional story. A highly unlikely one. The particular low point involved an uncle in a sex club while Grace rants about feminism and the privilege of the white man. 

I have no idea how this book got such a big marketing budget. It's just cheap throwaway rubbish. Such a shame. I just expected and needed more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Child death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Eating disorder, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Terminal illness

capybooks's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, and Misogyny

meggs16's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Abandonment, Death of parent, Incest, Sexual violence, and Violence

bloopyfloopy's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Infidelity, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, and Miscarriage

slama_llama's review

dark funny medium-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

4.0

Read this book! Pick it up. The narrator and protagonist is one judgemental and no bs murderer. She has strong opinions on most things (which you’ll find yourself agreeing to quite a bit, much to your charging). Despite her unethical, murderous actions you’ll root hor her (and in turn question your own morals). The story is very well written and totally enjoyable to read. The narrator’s thoughts and action are appalling and you’ll go back and forth with yourself debating if they’re justified (they are not; but yet). 
Not wanting to overhype it or spoil anything- I did not see the ending coming at all- it left me slightly enraged and in disbelief!
Read it, it is fun, you’ll probably think about it for a while too. And annotating it was like going on a picnic. 
Final thoughts: I don’t condone murder, but I do stand for women’s rights. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, and Alcoholism

clairew97's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail