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A review by bubblegumfactory
How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent
3.0
3.5 ⭐️ actually
I support women's rights, but more importantly, I support women's wrongs.
see, I am a simple true crime girly - when I saw a female serial killer story plot, I loved it. its such a male-dominated field, we really need to break the glass ceiling on this one.
the story started so strong, in fact, until the 60% mark, I wasn't worried about the plot. the writing does come off a little try-hard in some places but that's alright since it's a debut novel and kitty did have her own fun voice. her professional, class and background really played into her motivation and methods. 10/10 for that (spoiler alert from here)
BUT I got worried when I was reaching the final third, pages were running out and plots remained to be unveiled, consequences remained to be dealt it. kitty's killing was smooth sailing, any conflict on that front did not last for more than a couple of pages to resolution. the final reveal of stalker was deeply underwhelming and twisted her stance. While Katy Brent has written a fun bingeable book, kitty does suffer in terms of lacking a clear personality. she isn't committed enough to be blood thirsty murders and isn't exactly delulu to think she is a punisher/vigilanty killer. she yoyos but its not intentional and it gets confusing for the reader. the tone in the last few pages also felt very different? i see that she ended the book with a bit of a portal to book two, I hope she spends the second book finding out who kitty really is and gives some consistency in her tone and thought.
I support women's rights, but more importantly, I support women's wrongs.
see, I am a simple true crime girly - when I saw a female serial killer story plot, I loved it. its such a male-dominated field, we really need to break the glass ceiling on this one.
the story started so strong, in fact, until the 60% mark, I wasn't worried about the plot. the writing does come off a little try-hard in some places but that's alright since it's a debut novel and kitty did have her own fun voice. her professional, class and background really played into her motivation and methods. 10/10 for that (spoiler alert from here)
BUT I got worried when I was reaching the final third, pages were running out and plots remained to be unveiled, consequences remained to be dealt it. kitty's killing was smooth sailing, any conflict on that front did not last for more than a couple of pages to resolution. the final reveal of stalker was deeply underwhelming and twisted her stance. While Katy Brent has written a fun bingeable book, kitty does suffer in terms of lacking a clear personality. she isn't committed enough to be blood thirsty murders and isn't exactly delulu to think she is a punisher/vigilanty killer. she yoyos but its not intentional and it gets confusing for the reader. the tone in the last few pages also felt very different? i see that she ended the book with a bit of a portal to book two, I hope she spends the second book finding out who kitty really is and gives some consistency in her tone and thought.