Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

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

48 reviews

txsha1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense 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? Yes

3.0

The pacing and short chapters made this a quick read which not all thrillers achieve. I can’t work out if we’re supposed to like Kitty? I couldn’t stand her - she could’ve done meaningful work from the start rather than been the kind of influencer to shill any cr*p despite her not needing the money, and she both hated her friends yet wouldn’t dare be friends with anyone who wasn’t rich or had a high following on social media. She doesn’t see the hypocrisy or how vapid she is ironically.  

Although I could see the very obvious points the author was making about monsters with money rarely getting justice, it just seemed unoriginal and a very normal take on the world. Inspired I suspect by the #metoo movement, Dexter and any woman’s experience being scared of men. The only likeable character was Charlie though like all characters in this book, he wasn’t given any depth. I felt this book was just trying too hard to be feminist and empowering yet was stating the obvious. The ending about the stalker fell flat and was a poor twist. Was unfortunately rooting for Kitty to get caught or her own comeuppance from one point onwards 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape and Stalking

ynaiita_5896's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

🍸 Instagram star and influencer, Katy Collins is surrounded by fame and fortune. A normal night out turns into a freaky accidental death of the man who followed her from the nightclub. But what also remained is a new addiction - the thrill of killing.

🍸 Dark, twisted and hilarious. It had those dark comedy thriller elements that I normally gravitate towards. Loved the pop culture references.

🍸 The plot lacked some originality and often lost its sense of realism. Overall story felt like it was from a TV series. It's obvious these characters aren't people you'd want to hangout with and Katy Brent has perfectly created them to be so toxic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

mandareads222's review

dark medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Vomit, Pregnancy, and War

jahs_x's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Guaranteed to have you flying through the pages. It’s a light hearted, not realistic book about murder, love and friendship. In a typical Joe Goldberg fashion it had me rooting for the main character to make it without getting caught.

For those of you who are interested or like this, I would definitely recommend “How To Kill Your Family” for a slightly darker spin!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

jane_bee28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

irenemarie's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage

galactic_gigi's review

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

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

florenceassetto's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

i liked the book! i didn't feel it too easy to connect with the characters and the writing style wasn't immediately my favourite but i enjoyed the plot enough to want to keep reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

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