Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

26 reviews

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

dark funny medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

runningdowndelaney's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Abandonment, Classism, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

booksandcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

clairew97's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

onthelam's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

I found myself rooting for a murderer.

I was unsatisfied at the end when she didnt receive the money and felt as if she has been further wronged.

Interesting but i felt it could have been more..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Hate crime, Sexism, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, and Toxic friendship

leduyhxxng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The story of murder is obscenely uplifting... until it's not—it was a mistake for me to go through the ending sober (if you're underaged, wait until you can legally booze up because it's mind-bogglingly insane). The read was so good; I can listen to Grace trashing the patriarchy and working out murder plots any day.

While I hoped to see her face some tough challenges while carrying out the plans, there wasn't much or any that feels important anyway, to the detriment of character development. And it became a little toilsome after a good seven chapters or so. There are many strong instances of wonderful writing, yet the storytelling aspect could need some trimmings here and there, such as mentions of irrelevant passers-by (which feature a lot but barely contribute to the story nor the main character).

Overall, it was such a ride. Wickedly funny. And fucking maddening (fuck the patriarchy). I hope there will be a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexism, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder, Blood, and Cursing