Reviews tagging 'Violence'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

120 reviews

emmajh91's review

dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Torture

danni_spanni's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Minor: Classism, Violence, and Fatphobia

suongle's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

ladynavalon's review

dark funny slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Suicide, Torture, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Murder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cancer, and Violence

El plot twist es

lñno es ella quien mata a su padre y a su hermana, sino que resulta que tiene un hermano que le escri e una carta consedandole los crimenes. La llevan a la cárcel por marta a la novia de su amigo, pero consiguen sacarla

val221b's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

3.5

I'm sorry that I didn't enjoy the book more. For my taste I find the chapters dragged on far to long which made the plot decisively less dynamic. The ending was pretty bad, I would expect a bit more reflection, the lack of reaction actually felt out of character in my eyes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

bookaholic_in_wonderland's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Stalking, Body shaming, Car accident, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Blood, Addiction, Cancer, Death, and Eating disorder

ronja234's review against another edition

Kvindelig hovedperson som er "bedre" end alle andre og som hele tiden skal hæve sig selv over alle andre. Plottet forsvinder lidt i hendes eget point of view når hun hele tiden skal fortælle at hun er bedre. Det blev trættende efter meget kort tid (pick me girl) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Abandonment, and Murder

hdhreads's review

dark funny sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Car accident, and Violence

eleanorryd's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense medium-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

3.5

Really enjoyed this until the last 50 pages or so. Was so ready for it to be a 4,5 star read but the ending really ruined it for me. I don't know what I was hoping for or expecting but certainly not this. Semi-spoiler but the ending gives

the low-key lazy "I opened my eyes and realised it was all a dream"

vibes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Stalking, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexism, Alcohol, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail

lily1304's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

It's like a FUNNY version of Gone Girl or Promising Young Woman?? Like an EXCITING version of My Year of R&R?? Like all three, there's a theory of gender and anger buried here that I can't quite articulate. The protagonist is delightfully unreliable - incisive about some things, totally oblivious to others. I wanted to SCREAM when I read the ending (which I stayed up late to finish)!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Murder, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

Content notes:

Incarceration; a teen willingly sends nudes to an adult without the adult's consent