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ecaps's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I am not going to talk a lot about the summary of this book but just to give a very small brief; We have a female protagonist who has set out to take revenge from her family for what happened to her mother.
1. The book is written in first person POV and it’s amazing. IDK how the author has managed to get into the head of a person that is reserved, is controlled while showing or feeling any kind of emotion. It takes a good author to keep this crazy amount of balance between revealing just the right amount of information yet maintaining the consistency in character of the protagonist.
2. Does anyone else like it when other authors are name dropped in books? Like the 4th wall shattering, awesome.
3. I also love it when other book suggestions are given as a part of the plot.
4. Each chapter keeps you hooked. The female lead makes you wanna keep walking with her while she’s taking these really calculated steps and executing her plans to perfection.
Now, that was all the Yays about the book. Onto the Naahs now.
1. The protagonist is toxic in some ways where she tries to push away a possible love interest because she wanted to act on this revenge before she focused on her love life and expected that person to be available when she's all done. And it kinda got on my nerves a bit because like why are you expecting a person to wait for you for an indefinite amount of time when they don't even know why they're waiting.
2. The last 20% of the book was a whole weird 360 degree, a plot twist that was just… IDK it made me go Whaaa!!! and the last three chapters felt oddly structured. I mean, the events were out of place and that’s one of the reasons I have taken away 3 points.
3. Going to take away 7 points because I didn’t like the way the book ended. I don’t wanna give a reason yet because it's a spoiler.
1. The book is written in first person POV and it’s amazing. IDK how the author has managed to get into the head of a person that is reserved, is controlled while showing or feeling any kind of emotion. It takes a good author to keep this crazy amount of balance between revealing just the right amount of information yet maintaining the consistency in character of the protagonist.
2. Does anyone else like it when other authors are name dropped in books? Like the 4th wall shattering, awesome.
3. I also love it when other book suggestions are given as a part of the plot.
4. Each chapter keeps you hooked. The female lead makes you wanna keep walking with her while she’s taking these really calculated steps and executing her plans to perfection.
Now, that was all the Yays about the book. Onto the Naahs now.
1. The protagonist is toxic in some ways where she tries to push away a possible love interest because she wanted to act on this revenge before she focused on her love life and expected that person to be available when she's all done. And it kinda got on my nerves a bit because like why are you expecting a person to wait for you for an indefinite amount of time when they don't even know why they're waiting.
2. The last 20% of the book was a whole weird 360 degree, a plot twist that was just… IDK it made me go Whaaa!!! and the last three chapters felt oddly structured. I mean, the events were out of place and that’s one of the reasons I have taken away 3 points.
3. Going to take away 7 points because I didn’t like the way the book ended. I don’t wanna give a reason yet because it's a spoiler.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, and Death
perfectionism's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
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
4.0
The ending left me angry. I felt like there was some great injustice and i don’t know whether that means the ending was good or bad in a literature sense but i think it had a certain irony to it as well. Revenge driven girl works her entire life to make father pay for abandoning her mother by killing off whole family only for the final blow being committed by an unknown half brother who blackmails her into letting him keep the inheritance all while claiming they’ve both won. What a certainly sad and realistic ending to a bizarre story.
Grace said things sometimes that made me make a face and i think that’s precisely why i liked her character. Her thoughts about men, women, her self awareness about her certain biases, obsessions but then the lack of awareness about other parts of herself felt so realistic in a real person way. I really did feel like i was hearing the recount of a story from a real woman. She was unlikeable at times. To be honest, nearly all the characters were. But with her andher brother i could always see a greater reasoning behind their actions that made some sort of sense.
I feel a sort of frustration or unfinished feeling towards this book but i don’t actually dislike this book. It was entertaining on a surface level and touched on ideas about women’s place in society that were surprisingly interesting amid the tiny bits of self aware internalised misogyny. It all just feels a little ironic, a little funny, a little dark. Fun book.
Grace said things sometimes that made me make a face and i think that’s precisely why i liked her character. Her thoughts about men, women, her self awareness about her certain biases, obsessions but then the lack of awareness about other parts of herself felt so realistic in a real person way. I really did feel like i was hearing the recount of a story from a real woman. She was unlikeable at times. To be honest, nearly all the characters were. But with her and
I feel a sort of frustration or unfinished feeling towards this book but i don’t actually dislike this book. It was entertaining on a surface level and touched on ideas about women’s place in society that were surprisingly interesting amid the tiny bits of self aware internalised misogyny. It all just feels a little ironic, a little funny, a little dark. Fun book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Minor: Sexual harassment, Incest, and Eating disorder
geerbeer's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
tense
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
3.75
Leuk om zo te lezen, maar niet heel vernieuwend voor iemand die ontzettend veel crime/horror/thriller films & series gezien heeft 🤷🏻♀️😊
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Violence, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Car accident, Death, Stalking, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Gore
jminaprisc's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
3.75
Hooked from the beginning and couldn’t stop listening as the story progressed.
Pace slowed down quite a lot towards the end and I missed Grace’s perspective. Ending felt somewhat rushed after so much build up, and I am left feeling dissatisfied.
Pace slowed down quite a lot towards the end and I missed Grace’s perspective. Ending felt somewhat rushed after so much build up, and I am left feeling dissatisfied.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Death
that_awkwardpart's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
4.5
This is a book about a young woman killing her family, so you absolutely get what the title states. There are heavy and dark topics spoken about and in depth detailed murder. But it's done In a lovely way, there is a lightness to the book that makes it a very enjoyable read and makes you root for the murderer.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Abandonment, Car accident, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
mummamyers's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Torture
stindex's review against another edition
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
1.0
The author makes me sad. They’ve apparently tried to push all the things they hate into this book and it just makes this feel like a boomer whining about basically everything. For a ”feminist” main character the mc sure spent a lot of time hating on women in a very pick me -girlish style. Body shaming was also very present whenever describing anyone else but the mc or their love interest. The premise was great but the book is an absolute train wreck from the start.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Stalking, Sexual content, Abandonment, Sexism, Misogyny, Death of parent, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Bullying, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Torture, Confinement, Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Terminal illness
loy127's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Death
bkyng313's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide, Car accident, Alcohol, Classism, Death, and Sexual content
kathlenenarraga's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A book that has finally crossed the 3-star rating I was in deep last month. Do I think killing anyone, even if the said person wronged you big time, is horrible? Yes. Was I rooting for the main character despite her murderous intentions? Also yes.
Grace's way of telling the events matter of fact displayed her indifference to the hideous acts she committed. Her delivery of her plans and how she thought of the people in her list were unhinged it was funny (an adjective I would never use if my name's listed there, obviously)
There was a part in the book where her mom described young Grace to her father which I liked a lot - it showed the humane side of a killer and it was hard to place where it fits in the current narrative.
I was so angry with how this ended. Grace was MAD but what happened to her felt so unfair and terrible - which is insane to feel too because hello??? She murdered people and yet here I am spewing things about fairness? Andddd - that is how you get me to I like a book 🤷♀️
Only thing was - there were some passages and narrations I thought were too long or unnecessary.
Grace's way of telling the events matter of fact displayed her indifference to the hideous acts she committed. Her delivery of her plans and how she thought of the people in her list were unhinged it was funny (an adjective I would never use if my name's listed there, obviously)
There was a part in the book where her mom described young Grace to her father which I liked a lot - it showed the humane side of a killer and it was hard to place where it fits in the current narrative.
I was so angry with how this ended. Grace was MAD but what happened to her felt so unfair and terrible - which is insane to feel too because hello??? She murdered people and yet here I am spewing things about fairness? Andddd - that is how you get me to I like a book 🤷♀️
Only thing was - there were some passages and narrations I thought were too long or unnecessary.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Death