Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

79 reviews

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

libt11's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

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

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

esme_may's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

This was loads of fun! The murders were really inventive, and even though it seems a bit controversial from other opinions I've seen, I didn't mind the ending at all. I found Grace a bit frustrating and judgemental at times, and even though there's a reason why she sees the world the way she does, it made my reading experience a bit less enjoyable at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Stalking, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Eating disorder, Ableism, and Biphobia

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

janetpollert's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

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

lthomas's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed reading this book, and thought that the layout of the story telling was really good, it kept me hooked. The idea that she was writing about past events from a prison in the present was very interesting, and helped to make the story very fun. The main character was very funny at times, with her witty comments - some of the writing had me smiling to myself. However, after a while, I thought that her character could be a little insufferable. I was a little disappointed by the ending of the story. I felt that there was a lot of build up for not much of an outcome, however, it was a smart twist and I like how it helped some other parts of the story fall into place. Overall, I thought that the experience of reading this book was very fun, but some parts were a little disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief