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How to Kill Your Family
How to Kill Your Family | Bella Mackie
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Its_Amanda_Plz
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Mehso-so

Sooo behind on posting! Thoroughly enjoyed this spicy tale of revenge… however… the ending almost ruined it for me. While the plot twist spiced things up, it almost felt anticlimactic in the end with how it was used.

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Skeeterisme
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Pickpick

😳

BookLineNSinker If you liked this, try her new book #whatawaytogo
So far, it\'s hilarious, especially on audio. So well done!!
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Skeeterisme @BookLineNSinker thanks! Adding to TBR! 1mo
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IndoorDame
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#family #HumbleHarvest @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Even without having read this, I‘m tempted to buy it for several people as holiday gifts! (Bonus, it actually has surprisingly good Litsy reviews)

Bookwormjillk Lol that sends a message 🤣 12mo
Ladygodiva7 😂😂😂😅 12mo
Eggs Sounds intriguing 🩷 12mo
BookNAround I gave his to my sister last year. 😂 12mo
IndoorDame @BookNAround awesome! 12mo
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IndianBookworm
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A weird title to read in public, even weirder if your family reads the title.
I Iove me a slightly psychopathic protagonist, and it definitely has that. Simple language, page turner (I was gliding through them), decent plot, overall a super fun read.
It has some great twists, especially the biggest one towards the end. A bit disappointed by the ending though. I still have to make my mind about it, if it was utterly brilliant or silly.
4/5🌟

IndianBookworm PS - Not a to-do manual! 😂 1y
jamield1911 Grace is my spirit animal 🤣🤣 I love her. I also liked to have this on the coffee table when family came over 😆 1y
IndianBookworm @jamield1993 Grace is definitely a MOOD, I love her too. You like to play with fire, don't you?😂😂 (Definitely have to try this someday) 1y
BookLineNSinker Try her new release #whatawaytogo
I recommend it on audio, it\'s hilarious!!!
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IndianBookworm @BookLineNSinker Okayyy, thank you for the recommendation. I'll keep you posted! 😍 1mo
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Caroline2
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Pickpick

This was a mixed bag for me. I loved the premise (I‘m a sucker for a good old fashioned revenge plot) and the writing was refreshing and so funny at times. But other times it was long winded and dragged?! Not sure about the ending either…! Bit disappointing.

julesG Perfect book to casually leave on a side table. 😈 2y
Caroline2 @julesG Ha!! Defo! 😆 2y
jamield1911 Oh, I loved this one! It's definitely my sense of humour 🤣 I also really enjoyed leaving it on the coffee table or in the car when my other half annoyed me 😆 2y
BookNAround I gave this to my sister for Christmas (after pre-reading it, of course). I told her not to get any ideas. 2y
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jamield1911
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LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT! 🤩
Grace is the Anti-Hero I didn't know I needed in my life. Her wit, sarcasm and general disdain towards the human race make this book laugh out loud funny. It is equally as dark and gritty, as it is amusing and fun.
I cannot wait to read Bella Mackie in the future, and I am hoping to see this made into a series in the future.
100% recommend. Best book I've read this year. 👌👏

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BookNAround
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Would it be bad to give this to someone in my family? What if I said it was only a slight threat? 😂 Pretty sure this is going to be one of my sister‘s presents.

swishandflick I would find this a hysterical gift 😂 2y
Amiable I would 100% give this to my sister. 😀 2y
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Mximlay
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Pickpick

Excellent until the ending which made me angry

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IndianBookworm

"Apart from the ring, I'm not hugely one for sentimental relics (of course, I was never immune to keeping a few prized tokens after a murder, but it could hardly be called sentimental)."

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ClairesReads
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How to Kill Your Family, is a light, fun take on the crime genre. It‘s central character Grace manages to be strangely endearing, while also being a murderous psychopath. A little unevenly paced at times, nonetheless I was captured but the unravelling of the murders that were foreshadowed in the novel‘s title and opening. I liked this a lot.

TheLibrarian This pictures makes it seem like your cat was reading this book, which the title fits perfectly for a cat 😂 2y
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AllDebooks
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Trying to keep track of all these #TeamSlaughter points is hard but fun 😅
Read - 50
Watched - 35
Daily prompts - 30
Word search - 990
Readathons - 210 #20in4 @Andrew65
Bucket list - 0
Early bird - 50
Posts - 14

Total points for week 1 = 1379

#Scarathalon @Clwojick @StayCurious

Clwojick Great job! The first week isn‘t technically over until the 9th, so add these points so your final total. 2y
AllDebooks @Clwojick oops, too keen 2y
Andrew65 It can be a challenge, best of luck. 2y
AllDebooks @Andrew65 thank you, you too 2y
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she_she
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The_Book_Ninja I see no review 2y
she_she @The_Book_Ninja 🤔 i gave u my review in person 2y
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she_she
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bekakins
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Mehso-so

#bookspin for Sept… I was a little disappointed in this one. Some funny elements, but I didn‘t like the twist, and the MC didn‘t really have any redeeming qualities, so just didn‘t quite feel balanced.

TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 2y
bekakins @TheAromaofBooks very true! You can‘t win them all! 2y
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she_she
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Litsy = a site like that? 🤭

The_Book_Ninja No! That‘s mumsnet. This is a site for Ninjaaaaaazzzzz!🥷 2y
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VRM1975
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Bette
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Not knowing what to expect, this was a fun surprise. It wasn‘t as dark as I expected, the main character was fun to follow and it got a bit twisty too.

#catsoflitsy Joey taking a break the minute I put the book down, like: ‘I‘m sittin‘ here!‘

AmyG Joey ❤️ 2y
Librariana Looks like this is Joey's book now! 2y
vlwelser It looks like a cute pic but the book title makes it extra. 2y
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Bette @AmyG Joey‘s my boy. ❤️🐱 2y
Bette @Librariana Yeah. (Sigh) Everything is Joey‘s if he can get to it. 🤣 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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emmalouise1
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Pickpick

After a really horrible 2 month reading slump and not finding a book that kept me interested, this one was amazing . Quick easy read hilarious in parts and just all around amazing in others 🥰 it really sparked my drive to get back into reading and now I want to rip every book off my cases and read them all 🥰 highly reccomend this one

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Zamyah
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Thank you so much @Yuki_Onna for my awesome #sliceofsummerswap box! I'm so excited about the books and all the amazing German chocolate! And thank you for being my first international swapper 💝 I hope you're feeling better!

Yuki_Onna Jenna - so happy you like your box! Just to be clever-clever - the chocolate is NOT German - Lindt is Swiss and Manner is Austrian/Viennese to be exact. 🤪Not that I care - but the lovely Austrians and Swiss people would surely object to have their chocolate called 'German'... 😏 2y
Yuki_Onna And jep - as of today I'm Covid-negative!✌️Still feeling a bit weak and tired - but very much better. Thank you so much for caring!😊 2y
Catsandbooks Love this! Have a great summer! ☀️ 2y
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LittleRedReadingHood
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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JillR
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My family were quite perturbed seeing this one lying around! I‘ve had a disjointed couple of weeks reading due to the distraction of a new job; this one fit the bill perfectly. Easy to pick up, amusingly snarky and with a nice little twist.

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Hannah_11
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Holiday read ☀️ Outrageous, dark and witty. Really loved this and for a serial killer grace is totally relatable! Bit of a frustrating ending but I hope that means there‘ll be another.. #pick #holiday

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Gizmo86
Mehso-so

This one started off great and stayed that way for the first 3/4 of the story. Super funny and great characters. Absolutely detested the ending, poor, could have ended so much better. Definitely recommend but almost with the caveat that you stop reading at page 311. Disappointing

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Gizmo86
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A bit of chill in the hairdressers ☺️✂️

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Marialou
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Loved this book! It‘s incredibly funny and dark. The author does not hold back or soften her protagonist who is absolutely a serial killer - and proud of it!

It is definitely a bit bonkers but I really enjoyed it overall and found the ending satisfying. Although there was one aspect that I would have liked to have played out differently it didn‘t ruin the book for me.

truthinfiction Hey, which aspect would you have liked to play out differently? 3y
truthinfiction I read the book around the same time as you and the ending led me down indescribably. What are your thoughts on it? Would you care to elaborate? 3y
Marialou @truthinfiction I would have liked her to be victorious, felt the reveal of the family member who outwits her wasn‘t right. 3y
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truthinfiction Oh my God! Same!!! It depressed me to no end. I had such a hard time coming to terms to that aspect only. Also, the fact that he's a privileged white male who had no trouble reaping the fruits of a woman's toils. It destroyed me. You also might wanna mark your comment as spoiler so that nobody accidentally reads it. You have to mark the danger sign next to the the send button. 3y
Marialou @truthinfiction exactly! I loved her and thought the portrayal of her was pretty fearless - no pulling back on her monstrous aspects - and then along comes this dude who outwits her?! I get why the author did it and it‘s obviously set up for her to get her own back but I didn‘t love it. I wanted her to be triumphant completely - not just partly, as an afterthought 3y
Marialou @truthinfiction thanks for the spoiler tip! 3y
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Gizmo86
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❤️

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Gizmo86
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Fifteen pages in and I'm in love with this book. So funny and slightly alarming how alike the main character I am ☺️😂😂

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deirdrebeecher
Mehso-so

Its a good concept and when Grace is in action it is entertaining. If the writer had trusted her audience (who lets face it bought a book called How to Kill your Family) and just went all out with murdering and wrote an entertaining novella this could have been solid. But no she must also try for social satire and satire is hard and it just comes across as ranting. Then a character comes from nowhere in the last third 😡.
Good start, bad ending.