Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

91 reviews

abyanismangil's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Stalking

Moderate: Eating disorder

robin_reads's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

The first third was really good, the next part dragged on forever and the last bit was pretty interesting and a plot twist I didn't quite expect.
Pretty sure the ending is left this vague because there will be a sequel? Who knows.

The audiobook narrator for Grace's part made me furious at times. They would take a breath or swallow in the middle of the sentence, take odd breaks and so on. It was really annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Violence, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexism, Eating disorder, Torture, and Terminal illness

bloomsburybaker's review against another edition

Repetitive and the narrator was not likeable. Also the plot strongly resembles Kind Hearts & Coronets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Murder

sammyelliott_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

when I realised this was the same premise as Kind Hearts and Coronets (or A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, if you're more theatre than movie) I thought I knew how the book would end. Turns out, I did not. Honeslty, I'm a little annoyed at the ending, but I get why it ended that way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Classism, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Stalking, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder, Cancer, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, and Addiction

nindie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Grief, Gore, Car accident, Alcoholism, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Incest, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

jennabird06's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Blood, and Cancer

lc_27's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Car accident

introverted_reads's review against another edition

dark funny 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Infidelity, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Cursing, Car accident, Cancer, Body shaming, Abandonment, Death of parent, Violence, Terminal illness, Stalking, Misogyny, Mental illness, Classism, and Child death

builtoutofbooks's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

2.25

If I hadn’t been listening to the audio book I doubt I would’ve finished this. I found Grace incredibly annoying and narcissistic, bordering on sociopathic. The book was branded as funny but I couldn’t find any humour in it, it was mostly cruel jibes towards fat people and those with eating disorders. Heavy content warning for fatphobia and body shaming. I don’t usually pick up popular contemporary novels but it was May’s choice for book club. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Car accident

Minor: Grief

emperorluzco's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

The murders are interesting.
The twist at the end came out of nowhere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Murder, Stalking, Abandonment, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy