Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

52 reviews

sedgewren's review against another edition

funny reflective 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

4.25

An incisive critique of class in Britain/London, with some murder to spice it up. Sharp writing, with an ending that was deliciously hinted at but I didn't fully grasp until it played out. Wished there was slightly more tie-up at the end, but it worked with the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Classism, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism

buecherdiebin's review against another edition

medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Gaslighting, Stalking, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death of parent

maiahhtratchh's review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

3.5

There were aspects of this books I loved and others I wasn’t a fan of. Despite literally being a book literally about murder it was quite light hearted and quirky. I enjoyed how the story was told and I did like the character of Grace, even though she is flawed, i like her in a “good for her” type way. One of the major issues I took from it was that I feel like her motive could have been flushed out more. Like I was just under the cup of really supporting her… I needed the reasoning to just be a bit more. I actually enjoyed the ending, I thought it left it really open ended which is how this needs to be because there really was no good way to wrap it up.

okay so now the big issues I have, other then motivation. For someone SO SMART AND CALCULATED with her murders …. How did she write down her murders in a notebook in prison and not expect Kelly to read it?? She literally talks about reading Kelly’s and how Kelly is so nosey so this just was such a gap in logic and left a bad taste in my mouth. The entire time I was thinking that it was stupid she was doing that and hoping I just misunderstood and she was mentally journaling her story but no… she physically wrote it down. Yeah I just really hated that. Other then that it would’ve been 4 stars but that aspect brought it down the 3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Classism, Death, Murder, Stalking, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Infidelity, Confinement, and Death of parent

ccassidy98's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Classism, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

crose683's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing

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

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Alcohol, Stalking, Car accident, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder and Incest

mucky_puddler's review against another edition

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

aliciachauhan_'s review against another edition

dark funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

capybooks's review against another edition

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