A review by jess_orjess
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

1.0

i bought this on impulse in the airport, but this book is so long and drawn out i couldn’t even read it on the plane lol. the main character, who i thought would be an interesting character, was an annoying centrist who did something bad (such as.. idk murdering her own cousin?) and cried at herself for it. she tries to be relatable and witty and funny but it comes out flat and more ‘try-hard ish’. plus, she criticises right wing and left wing in the same sentence which i think was rlly unnecessary and literally did nothing to the plot (the author acts as if tories who are the most classist people alive compare to leftists who want to help the people lol). the main character is simultaneously a feminist but not? a very confusing combo of ‘i’m a feminist but i’m better then all other women’. she probably thinks of herself as a cool girl. overall, it wasn’t worth my time and i knew i wouldn’t enjoy it anyway so i won’t torture myself with this.