Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

102 reviews

aschmitttyy's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-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

4.0

I picked this book up on a whim from the bookshelf of the Airbnb I was staying at the time. Had no idea what I was walking into and was immediately hooked (it helped that I had a few long train rides where I needed to pass the time). It was witty, entertaining, and creative, unlike any book I have read before. Not saying that I liked the main character, or supported her mission or the reason behind it, but I sure did enjoyed reading about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Stalking

bellsdixon's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

baileyanabella's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

the entire time I couldn't help but feel like this author is a huge NLOG and it seeps deeply into her writing and all of her characters. could put the annoying character monologues aside if the plot was better executed.. interesting concept, but not well realized. author was too focused on disparaging any part of pop culture she possibly can to seem edgy and funny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Incest and Alcohol

danisbookshelfx's review against another edition

dark funny slow-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

4.0

I enjoyed this more than I expected. 
The mc’s incentive is totally against everything that I believe in, yet it was still fun to see her thought process and I found myself excited for the way she “dealt with” her next victim. 
The ending was a bit random and felt a bit like an anticlimax 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

thebookaddict's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.0

Dit boek was niet wat ik had verwacht. Je leest het verhaal van Grace en hoe zij haar moorden heeft gepleegd en hoe ze uiteindelijk in de gevangenis beland. Ik vond het jammer dat je al wist dat ze al deze moorden gepleegd had, zo ging er toch iets van verhaallijn verloren. De moorden zelf waren heel goed uitgedacht en origineel. Ik heb ook nog niet eerder zoiets gelezen. Het is eng om te bedenken dat zoiets uit het brein van een auteur komt, de moorden paste zo goed bij de slachtoffers. De manier van schrijven was echt alsof je het dagboek las van iemand. Wel vond ik dat het einde nog ietsjes langer had gekund. Ik had haar reactie op "de brief" wel willen lezen en ik had willen weten hoe haar leven was na de gevangenis. De brief op het einde was ook een mooi origineel plot dat precies hij het verhaal paste. De puzzelstukjes vielen op hun plaats.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark funny 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

2.0

I could only finish this book because I continued reading it through audiobook. The Main character was okay, her motive for killing her family was if you see it from her point of few understandable. No one in this book is likable, that is okay a good book doesn’t need likable characters. At the End I had to read it with 2 x speed because I wanted to get it over with. I usually like these kind of books, but this didn’t do anything for me. Well the MC was funny at times. 


Even if I didn’t enjoy this book that much. I think it would be enjoyable for other readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

jasmine_23's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

Listening to it, the story felt repetitive and very much just society bashing. The only reason I've given 3 stars is that the ending was interesting, but overall, I wouldn't recommend it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Eating disorder, Incest, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

gay101's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Toxic relationship and Stalking

geerbeer's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense medium-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

3.75

Leuk om zo te lezen, maar niet heel vernieuwend voor iemand die ontzettend veel crime/horror/thriller films & series gezien heeft 🤷🏻‍♀️😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thissagreads's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

Highly recommend this book!! The dark humor is bold and the storyline doesn’t get caught in the weeds. As the main character Grace, unapologetically kills her family members for various reasons, there are still lots of plot twists! I would ABSOLUTELY read a part two if the author ever decided to write one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Classism