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If you love Killing Eve and How To Kill Your Family, How to Kill Men and Get Away With It is definitely going to be up your street!
Kitty Collins is a rich and privileged influencer leading a perfect life until she discovers a desire to kill. More specifically, to kill men who pose a threat to women taking on a vigilante role.
This is dark. Wittily written, it did make me laugh in a way that made me question whether I should be laughing! It’s a a bit in the gory side but I thought it was a really entertaining read!
Inspired by Made in Chelsea and the MeToo movement behind all the glitz, glam and, well - murder, is an observation of the continuing danger men often pose to women.
This was similar to Finlay Donovan series just hilarious
I loved it
Thank you
I apologize for the late review
That strange world of Social Media...
And this social media darling is a vigilante.
Funny yet horrifying in turn, this is a very unusual story. Set in a sweltering London summer, Kitty Collins does good, in a very, very bad way.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing this book for review.
I’ll admit I didn’t read the blurb and instead just grabbed for this on the basis of the title and I’m glad I didn’t! This is the story of Kitty, a social media influencer with extremely high numbers, who lives in a world where said numbers are of extreme importance! Theirs is a world choc full of leery, horrible men that are full of their own self importance and who seem to hate women, and one nightKittie finds herself murdering one of said men. And so begins a quest where Kitty begins to help out women who have had horrible things done to them. It’s unbelievably tough in places, with abuse and rape and drugs peppered throughout while Kitty goes after men in an extremely brutal way, using insane weapons that at times made me grimace. So it’s strange in that it’s light, and at times almost madcap and surreal, but then so harsh in others. I was so invested in this, and couldn’t put it down and sat forward as we found out Kitty’s past, while wondering how it would end. Thanks to the publisher for the book in return for an honest review
This is a fun novel about a serial killer who targets and kills men who treat women badly. It's fast paced, well written, a little satirical and a delight to read.
A cross between Made in Chelsea and Scandal, an easy read and one I'd recommend.
I was intrigued by the premise of this book but struggled with it as I just didn't like the characters so found it difficult to invest in the story - that said I don't think it was meant to be a deep read so perhaps I'm just not it's target audience!
It did keep me interested enough to want to discover the identity of her stalker and found the twists and turns enjoyable.
It could have been much better. She kept killing men on accident and it doesn't seem as badass to me as it should be.
If she was doing it on purpose like some serial killer, then I'll support it.
It wasn't really my cup of tea so I guess.
Next up is Katy Brent- How To Kill Men and Get Away With It which is an absolute hoot. If you loved Sweetpea by C.J. Skuse or My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, there is much to enjoy here, balancing its humour and slight sense of shallow tosh, with a serious message about the vilification of, and violence towards women in society that we navigate every day. A social media influencer finds herself unwittingly, and then rather more deliciously wittingly, meting out violent justice on a string of handsy, obnoxious and dangerous men, with predictably bloody results, that for all their cartoonish departures, reinforces Brent’s central message. Kitty is a wonderfully no-nonsense character, and you will be rooting for her throughout. Guaranteed. Frank, funny and self deprecating, this is a very enjoyable romp indeed.
this book reminds me of finlay donovan! i love that it was a strong female lead taking things into her own hands. we love a good little revenge story!! this is one you can fly through in a day
Given the title, you don't necessarily expect to be chuckling at the beauty of a comic turn of phrase - but then this book is the very definition of dark humour. An excellent read
Kitty Collins is being followed by a man after leaving a nightclub. Soon afterwards, he lies dead and Kitty walks away unharmed. Having got away with it once, Kitty finds herself drawn to killing unpleasant men. But then a mistake changes everything.
How to kill men and get away with it is a very amusing, if slightly gruesome, story of a one woman crusade against violent men. Katy Brent has created a character who is likeable, one you can get behind and almost believable, although hopefully not in real life!
Thoroughly enjoyable read, kept me going from beginning to end.
Whilst I enjoyed the story, I found the descriptions of drug use uncomfortable; it was so normalised. The story was generally well written, but I would have like to have seem some justice. Maybe this is aimed at a younger audience (20 something-ish).
Whoa! This one does not hold back. A ton of action, right from the get go and you've got to suspend reality a bit here for some of the things that happen, but wow! A lot of dark fun and perfect for a quick adventure through that "what-if?" scenario.
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of How to Kill Men and Get Away With It.
This novel was right up my alley, and not just because of the eye-catching title.
I was a fan of Dexter so I was excited my request was approved.
My biggest caveat is Kitty; she's unlikable, though I like her tone and personality, yet I found her a bit too shallow for my taste. It was hard to believe she was a psychopath.
She pretends to dislike her Influencer status and the rewards it brings her, yet brings up the name brands she wears and how nicely furnished her apartment is.
Second, her friends are brainless twits; what kind of friends tell you your life is meaningless without a man in it?
Third, it sure is convenient Kitty is the Pork Princess and has a go-to place to dispose of bodies.
I would have liked more suspense if Kitty had to 'work at disposing' of the men she murdered. How does she get away with everything? Luck? Sounds silly after the third time it happens.
I did like the ending; I guessed the identity of her stalker correctly and liked how that plot thread wrapped up.
The ending is predictable, though it read a bit rushed, but it was a decent conclusion.
How to Kill a Man and Get Away with It was kind of right up my alley. Dark humor, an interesting protagonist, and murder. The one thing that I didn't like was that so many issues were just brushed over in this fast paced thriller.
It was a tough one for me to get into. It came into my life in the wrong period so it’s a “me problem” more than a book. The story was developing slow and not too much reader-involving. I expected some Dexter-esque type of novel but it wasn’t it. Not bad but not as great as I was hoping for, unfortunately.
I really wanted to like this book, with some reviewers comparing it to ‘a female Dexter’ and I love Dexter.
I did not think this was anything like Dexter. Don’t get me wrong, both books are about killing bad people, but this is where I felt the comparison ended.
I did not like Kitty, I found her to be shallow and contradictory. I also have no idea what the obsession was with her veganism? Being vegan doesn’t suggest you are less likely to murder people! And I didn’t find the sex scenes sexy or empowering, I found it unnecessary and just lazy smut. There were also more holes in the plot than in a string vest which, if you don’t like more procedural thrillers might be okay, but rather than making this an ‘easy, light read’, I found the plot holes to be frustrating.
This book just wasn’t for me. There are plenty of readers who enjoyed it and I wanted to like it - I hoped it would save itself at the end, but alas, it just didn’t do it for me.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book.
I loved the idea of this and some of the scenes (particularly the killing scenes) were so so good! But the writing, plot development, and character development really needed some work in my opinion. At times this felt more like a general fiction novel than a thriller and I really wanted more of a Dexter, avenging angel vibe than we got.
Bit of a shocker of a book. I found myself wondering if I'd have the same reaction if the main character was a man. Decided I wouldn't and took it for what it is, a funny story about a female serial killer who dispenses justice to men who deserve it. A serial killer with morals.
Plenty of irony with the vegan-human killer thread, sexual violence was a bit graphic for my palate but overall an ok read.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC.
This was a really interesting take on the #MeToo novel, one that was just the right level of earnest without getting preachy. Kitty isn't an immediately likeable character - a rich influencer who can jet off to Mykonos at the drop of a hat - but you do warm to her as the novel goes on, and her unique brand of justice is cathartic even on the page. The twist at the end was a little contrived but I still really enjoyed the plot overall.