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A review by elishareids
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
3.0
I liked the premise of this book, the start was strong, intriguing and different. The anti heroism was funny and interesting to read but I felt like it was dragging around halfway through. There were unnecessary plot points and rambling towards the end with a try hard aspect that was starting to get boring. the murders also became less prominent to the story like they were in the start.
The ending completely ruined it for me, no closure for the main character at all, and the fact the MAN who suddenly pops up out of nowhere became ‘victorious’ and kind of one up-ed her was disappointing and not very feminist driven like the underlying plot perceived.
>> I’ve just found out the authors father was the editor in chief of the guardian- this completely makes me eye roll at the character snubbing money and privilege the whole book when she herself was born into it! Can authors stop trying to write ‘funny’ ‘quirky’ books on how much they hate privilege and power and even a feminist take (which clearly wasn’t as the main character would shit talk girls with filler) when they themselves have all of the above, its very delusional and makes me eye roll so hard.
The ending completely ruined it for me, no closure for the main character at all, and the fact the MAN who suddenly pops up out of nowhere became ‘victorious’ and kind of one up-ed her was disappointing and not very feminist driven like the underlying plot perceived.
>> I’ve just found out the authors father was the editor in chief of the guardian- this completely makes me eye roll at the character snubbing money and privilege the whole book when she herself was born into it! Can authors stop trying to write ‘funny’ ‘quirky’ books on how much they hate privilege and power and even a feminist take (which clearly wasn’t as the main character would shit talk girls with filler) when they themselves have all of the above, its very delusional and makes me eye roll so hard.