Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

5 reviews

sorcha's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual content, Mental illness, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Blood, Alcohol, Addiction, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Drug use

bunv'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

1.0

Easily the worst book I've read this year. With a main character that is equal parts dull and entirely unlikeable, there's just no reason to stay engaged when the entire book is written in her perspective. I bought this book because the premise seemed promising but the amount of unnecessary self-righteous rants about how much Grace hates everything and everyone got unbearable pretty much immediately. After I had to endure 50 pages about frogs I was about ready to tap out, had I not invested a significant amount of energy into getting to this point. The poor excuse for a twist towards the end was only a small light at the end of the unbearably long tunnel. 
Bonus mention for the 2 times I had to read the words "my sex" followed up by an observation about how much our main character hates other women despite calling herself a feminist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, Vomit, Suicide, Stalking, Classism, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Car accident, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

Minor: Cancer, Body shaming, Ableism, and Biphobia

georgiesutton's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

This was a distinctly bang average read. It was good but wasn’t worth the hype. I found some of the chapters too long and after a while you get the idea, and it didn’t feel particularly suspenseful because nothing really went wrong or setback the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Classism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Drug use

ruthmoog's review

dark tense fast-paced

4.75

Grace is so mean!

I enjoyed that the reputation of being a rotter was a family trait that Grace didn't see in herself, and her lack of self-awareness really comes to a head as the story develops.

There weren't many (any) likeable characters in the book, and the subject matter was fairly grim, yet I was very invested - I wanted to  find out what happens next.

This book is described as funny; it's told in a chatty sarcastic way as if what the narrator says is funny. But it isn't actually funny. The jokes Grace makes are snarling and mean, and at the expense of others. And that is perfect for her character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

abigailc0x's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.0

good but also the ending was rushed and didn’t feel connected to the rest of the story at all 
also just not the ending i wanted so
grace is annoying at times (maybe that’s the aim tho idk) and she is written in a way that tries to hard to be funny and quirky - this isn’t unbearable tho 
but it’s a really good idea and i think it would be a good tv series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit