Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

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

64 reviews

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

toribth's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

You know what - this actually wasn't bad at all lol. It did take some getting used to the whole absurdity of the situation, but once you embrace the fact that this posh influencer girlie goes around chopping up rapists and sex offenders like she's doing her laundry, it gets quite entertaining.

The writing is very fast paced, which allows for a quick and easygoing read, and as you move along the story, puzzle pieces about the protagonist's past fall into place and things just get decidedly more unhinged. It was a bit too over the top sometimes, though. Plus, most of the plot consists of how she finds and kills her victims, which only barely managed to avoid getting tedious. Some details were rushed, some a bit random, but all in all, it was good.

Anyway, I liked the story once I accepted it for what it was. It was refreshingly unhinged and VERY soothing for my vengeful little man-hater heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

siirilo's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.5

-monet arvosteluista jota oon lukenu kutsuu tätä ns "aivot narikkaan"-kirjallisuudeks, minkä suuri fani yleensä oon. Oon myös "feministinen kostofantasian" iso fani. Tää ei ollu kumpaakaan. 

-joka ikinen hahmo on raivostuttava, inhottava tai/ja ei yhtään sympatiaa herättävä. Ymmärrän kirjan lähtökohdan, ja sometähti sarjamurhaaja on tosi kiinostava idea, ja tää kirja ois voinu olla tosi ajatuksia herättävä raiskaus-kulttuurista. 

-Sen sijaan kirja onnistuu  esittämään ylimielisen ja mauttoman päähenkilön, traumalla mässäilevän tarinan ja ei-mihinkään menevän juonen. Hahmot ei käyny mitään muutosta läpi. Ei myöskään maailma. Tylsä tylsä ja tylsä, ja sitten välillä raivostuttava. 

-päähenkilön suhtautuminen muihin naisiin sekä omaan rahaansa ja ulkonäköönsä suorastaan välillä huutaa "pick-me"tä. 

-päähenkilön poikakaveri on karsee draamailija ja ovimatto naisia satuttaville miehille. 

-päähenkilön kaverit on kirjotettu ku aivoton kanalauma - mikä osaltaan auttaa kirjan "pick-me" energiaa. 

-se, mitä päähenkilö teki edelliselle poikaystävälleen on kuvottavaa, samoin se, miten hahmoa kuvaillaan (esim mielenterveysongelmat). En tiiä kuka voi olla päähenkilön puolella tän jälkeen, varsinkin, kun hahmo ei tunnu paljoa katuvan tekoaan. Joo, pettäkät on limasii ja surkeita, mut??????

-loppukäänne oli ihan uskomattoman surkee. Ilman spoilereita: miksi? Mikä oli hahmojen perimmäiset syyt toimintaansa? Thrillereissä ja dekkareissa mun lempi puuhaa on yrittää arvata käänteet - onnistuuko siinä lopulta ei niinkään merkitse, vaan se, että näkee kirjan asettamat vihjeet juonen varrelta. Tässä vika juonenkäänne tulee puskista, ja hahmojen syyt jätetään käden huitasulla syrjään. 

-voisin valittaa tästä loputtomiin, mut sensijaan suosittelen Oyinkan Braithwaiten
 Sisareni, sarjamurhaajaa, joka on juoneltaan ja kirjojoitustyyliltään purevampi ja taidokkaampi ja jonka hahmot ei saa mua repimään hiuksiani päästä.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

kirayt's review

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

ruthywithas's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed reading about Kitty Collins' murderous adventures as we slowly learn more about her and her past. Brent did a great job with pacing the story, keeping you engaged throughout. I did find Kitty to be slightly jarring at times but overall a decent read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Minor: Eating disorder, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

jjhina's review

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

dr_kat's review

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

nessas_lair's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

3.0

 Thank you Frenzy Books for the eARC! I had conflicted feelings about this book. It reminded me of Black Sheep by Brynne Weaver because of the sassy MC and the female serial killer, but I think this book needed just a bit more tweaking. I thought this book really hit home about the dangerous situations women face in their day-to-day lives, and I thought the situations were relatable. This book also has quite a few trigger warnings that I think should have been listed at the beginning, especially with the way some of these topics were discussed in the story. I was enjoying the book until maybe the halfway point, and then I just started feeling uncomfortable because of how these dark topics like the miscarriage and sexual assault was being handled. i think the author could have taken a bit more care regarding the miscarriage, because I felt this was a bit unnecessary. The plot didn’t seem very realistic regarding the murders, because with the way Kitty was doing things, I’m surprised she wasn’t discovered sooner. Also, the way she disposed of the bodies was a bit unnerving, especially because she didn’t separate the human meat from the animal meat. I thought Kitty came across as a bit entitled, so I wasn’t a huge fan of her and wasn’t really rooting for her by the end. Overall, this book does have the potential to be great, but I don’t think it was for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Miscarriage

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

scarlett96's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol