Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

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

24 reviews

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

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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

joanna_the_bookworm's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

Very 'How to kill your family' vibes.

Premise was ok, but I found the execution awkward. Uncomfortable reading at times (which I guess was the point), but I couldn't get on board with the characters or the idea that she really would 'get away with it'

Interestingly, I really liked the murder after the night before by Katy Brent but I probably wouldn't have read it if I'd read this first! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

originally_olivia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

galactic_gigi's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

Started this book at 1 a.m. during my exam weeks. Huge mistake! Couldn‘t put it down and actually spoiled myself as to who the stalker was to even go to sleep. Needless to say I basically finished the book in a day. The characters are not really loveable but oddly charming and the dark humour was right up my alley.

I‘m really glad Kitty doesn’t get caught

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

thebookraiders's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

maisiedodds's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Gore, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage

kirayt's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

dr_kat's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

There are enough reviews here that y’all can get what this book is about. I’m gonna say this: it was super fun and creative and, yes, gory and violent. I really liked Kitty Collins’s and Tor and was totally captivated by their narratives unfolding. The villains were all scary af, as villains should be; but they were also good representations of the flaws in villains (and why they don’t “win” in the end). So often serial killer stories give the killer (and the hunter, sometimes) these kinds of supernatural kinds of abilities and that can quickly get ridiculous. Brent doesn’t do that — there’s a lot of how life happens, how people only see what they expect to see, etc. — and I think that’s why it works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

annniina98's review against another edition

4.0

The ending was a bit of a let down, but not enough to destroy this. This was what I hoped from A Certain Hunger, I'm so happy that I read this so close to that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

calicat42's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail