Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

23 reviews

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.5

The premise was very promising, and I was quite hooked on the story despite it not being as funny as it was said to be. Yes, it was funny at times, but oftentimes the 'humour' relied on (internalized) misogyny and/or fatphobia and/or belittling mental health issues and eating disorders — this is also why I found the book's feminist takes to be quite hypocritical. I hated Grace as a character, she was so insufferable, annoying, petty and too bitter over the smallest of things, but I stuck up with her because — well — you can't quite love a serial killer anyways. I liked the ending, it was justified and fit perfectly with my dislike on Grace, though I also must say that such a plot twist should have been foreshadowed better. A murder mystery is no fun if it doesn't make you feel dumb for not realising the answer earlier; it shouldn't come so out of the blue (as in this case) that it feels literally impossible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Violence

shreya_l's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ccassidy98's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Stalking, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder and Incest

rey_therese07's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

aliciachauhan_'s review against another edition

dark funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

capybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

sophs0899's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

booksandcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

kellyloubishop's review against another edition

dark lighthearted 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism