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A review by meeklovestoread
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
dark
emotional
tense
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? It's complicated
2.25
The amount of times this book put me to sleep should be criminal. I'm not the type where I have to like the characters to like a book, but my goodness I found Grace to be so intolerable and always constantly overly pessimistic and judgemental of literally everyone. As someone that seems to set on murdering these privileged peoole she seems just as pretentious as they are. The twist at the end still left some unanswered as to what happens to Grace. And the introduction of Harry felt kinda rushed. I don't know. It just felt pretty random. Him being Simon's son and having him be the one to kill Simon. I don't know how I feel about that considering throughout most of the story we were in Grace's POV.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual content, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Violence, and Car accident