Reviews tagging 'Blood'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

52 reviews

eimear_jane's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Abandonment, Murder, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Classism, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Stalking, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Addiction

moopreads's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

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

fairy_internet's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Car accident, Classism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Drug use, and Stalking

Minor: Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Suicide

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

bookworm89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is brilliant!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder and Drug use

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Classism, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Stalking

Moderate: Drug use and Pregnancy

bookshelf_of_jess's review against another edition

dark funny slow-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed this but did find it a little slow to being with. The last 100 or so pages really sped things up and had me gripped but I didn’t find that I was looking forward to picking it up much for most of the book. Grace was a wonderfully written character and the plot was good but the dialogue is where it all fell apart for me - the dialogue really fell flat and made the characters feel very two dimensional to me. If you’re looking for a quick and funny read then I would recommend this to you. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content

karenmariscalo's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, and Alcoholism