Reviews tagging 'Gore'

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent

83 reviews

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Entertaining and almost cathartic but wholly unbelievable. This book is kind of like trashy tv. I shouldn’t have liked it… but I did.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

janicecm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

This is an enjoyable bit of fluff. Even though it’s quite dark, the unrealistic storyline keeps it from feeling possible, and therefore it isn’t heavy. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

izzy_fg's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

2.75

it's missing trigger and content warnings 
-sexual harassment 
-stalking
-mentions and graphic descriptions of sexual assault
-gore
-death
-substance abuse
-overdosing
-ideation of suicide
-eating disorders

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

sundaybookclub's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jennibear's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.0

Good idea with medium execution. Murders were not planned thoroughly, it was surprising she was never caught. Main character was presented as a rich influencer. Her backstory, which would have made her a little bit more likable, was introductled too late, so unfortunately I already disliked her at that point too much. Kind of liked she made mistakes, but killing the wrong guy just had me screaming: "Do your research beforehand". For a main character who acts like "killing men" is something she does regularly, she seems very unexperienced. Plot twist at the end was okay though.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Drug use and Physical abuse

sarah984's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

1.0

Absolutely nothing about this worked for me. The humour wasn't funny, the characters had no personality, the plot twist was ridiculous. A lot of it felt like it was written to be quoted on twitter.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Self harm, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Cannibalism

caitlinvdj's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

periwinkleandpeach's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

ooms's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

2.25

First I wouldn’t highly recommend checking the warning for this book before you dive in. 
Although I personally felt this book was aiming at inspiration and funny with its dark humour and plot line. I think the execution missed. It is a tense book with a few plot holes and the amount of humour isn’t enough to balance the uncomfortable reflection of reality this book brings.

I thought due to the name of the book there would be more planning before the murder. I’m all for the premise of a book that puts power back in the hands of women. However I feel the graphic description of what happened to the women in this book was not equal to the death they were dealt. Also any power that it felt women may have was completely stripped away at the end with how James treated Kitty when she wasn’t prepared with any of her tools she was still unable to get away. Also ending with the 2 women killed unfortunately left me with the horrible reminder that this is the world we live in and no ones out there to help us.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

tangerinegem's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.0

I read this book so you don’t have to. Great concept, terrible execution. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Blood

Minor: Eating disorder