Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Kuinka murhata mies ja päästä pälkähästä by Katy Brent

187 reviews

lexas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

 I honestly didn't think I was going to get as into it as I did. The story is fairly entertaining, and I didn't see the plot twist coming towards the end. I have to admit that it was quite satisfying. I love the underlying critique of influencer culture and how rotten it is, as well as the social critique of the high class. However, at the same time, I feel like it was a bit too easy for her to get away with it. I was expecting a little more tension and a bit more thrill from her getting close to being caught. The ending was satisfying, although she is going to need a lot of therapy. If thrillers and slashers are your thing, you might really enjoy it. It does touch on topics that might be upsetting to some, such as sexual assault, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, murder (obviously), eating disorders, and depression. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Miscarriage

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.

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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.

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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

lackof_shelf_control's review against another edition

3.0

‼️ᴛᴡ: sᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴀssᴀᴜʟᴛ & ᴅᴇsᴄʀɪᴘᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏғ sʟᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀʜᴏᴜsᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇᴅᴜʀᴇs/ ᴅɪsᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀᴍᴇɴᴛ. ɪᴛ’s ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴇʀʀɪʙʟʏ ɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴡᴀʀɴᴇᴅ. ‼️

ᴛʜɪs ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴡᴀs ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɪɴᴛʀɪɢᴜɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴄᴏᴍᴇᴅɪᴄ ᴡᴀʏ. ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ, ɪ ᴡᴀs ᴀʟʟ ɪɴ ᴏɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴡɪʟᴅ ᴠɪɢɪʟᴀɴᴛᴇ ᴘʟᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ᴡᴀɪᴛ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴡᴀs ɢᴏɪɴɢ. ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxᴄɪᴛᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴛᴀᴘᴇʀs ᴏғғ ᴍɪᴅ-ᴡᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ’ᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ. ɪ ɢᴏᴛ sɪᴄᴋ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏɴᴇsᴛʟʏ ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴʏʙᴏᴅʏ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴀʟʀɪɢʜᴛ- ɪ’ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴀᴅ ɪ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴅɪᴅ ғɪɴɪsʜ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡᴀsɴ’ᴛ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴀᴠᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

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

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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

isabellaizzyj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicide, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest and Pedophilia

jasminareads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Murder

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

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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.

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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

jenteakkerman's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.25

The story had a lot of potential but it just didn’t quite get there.

How is it possible in this day and age to murder someone and not leave a trace without taking precautions. It just didn’t make sense to me

The mc was also quite annoying at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Death of parent