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How to Kill Men and Get Away With It

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𝙈𝒆𝙚𝒕 𝑲𝙞𝒕𝙩𝒚 𝑪𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒊𝙣𝒔.
𝙁𝑹𝙄𝑬𝙉𝑫. 𝙇𝑶𝙑𝑬𝙍. 𝑲𝙄𝑳𝙇𝑬𝙍….

I’ve loved this book from beginning to end. I sat down with the intentions of starting this gem and ended up devouring this in just one afternoon sitting. Completely unwilling to put this down because it was so addictive.

I loved Kitty, from the very beginning, I wanted to know more about her. She really is a character that pulls you in. The more I knew, the more I loved her. She is definitely one of my favourite characters of the year.

Brent has really created a gem with this one. This is a book that will make you gasp, laugh out loud and keep you hostage until the very last page. This is a book so well written, I felt as though I was watching this play out.

I wish this was on screen, I’d be watching repeatedly. This is a book which should be on everyone’s TBR.

How To Kill Men and Get Away with it is dark, but hilariously funny. This has been fantastic and completely different to what I had expected.

I really wish I could experience this book as a first read all over again. I have no hesitation in recommending this one. I cannot wait to read more by this author.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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This was a great read and will definitely recommend!! The cover is also so cute. Can’t wait to read more by this author.

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Kitty Collins isn't your average serial killer. She is a wealthy influencer who enjoys the finer things in life. Her first kill for example was an accident.

When Kitty accidentally kills a man who stalks her after leaving a nightclub she realises she likes the feeling of wreaking vengeance on men who hurt women.

Revenge tastes sweet when she dishes it up and the men she targets are lowlifes.

But do they all deserve it?

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The title of this is an instant eye-draw, and I love how funny and dark this book is. Katy Brent nails the balance between the two throughout the book, creating a book that had me laughing one second, breathless the next.

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I kept trying to get through this book, but I eventually decided that it just wasn't going to happen. I liked the premise of this one, but the writing was mind-boggling hard to get past. The main character is vapid, and she knows she is vapid, because she complains about her life, her job, and her friends over and over and over again. While I imagine the author was going for satirical examination of how social media obsessed, we as a society have become it just turned me off the character and made her unsympathetic at best and downright hostile at worst. I felt no empathy towards this woman or her situation, which made it hard to want to keep reading. I thought that the murders might make her less vapid and more interesting, but it turns out that even while murdering people she was way too self-obsessed. Also, the author's weird pushing of veganism was uncomfortable at times with how strongly she was shoving it down our throats. Overall, the story had an unbearable main character that was constantly talking about how much she hated her job as an influencer and her materialistic, self-centered self and group of friends but did NOTHING to change any aspect of her life but starts murdering men she deems the world would be better off without.

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One word: BRILLIANT!

I loved this book. Think 'Made in Chelsea' but with a kick-ass serial killing female lead and you've got your plot.

I don't know any woman who hasn't felt the need to walk home with her keys between her fingers, just in case, but this book is a brilliant reverse where women are no longer the victims as our perfect anti-hero seeks to ensure that men who prey on women don't get away with it. I know in the real world this is not the way to seek justice, and at points in the novel I think we see this perfectly, but it's a great premise for a work of fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be recommending it to all my friends! (although I may never eat meat again...)

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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A modern and dark story in the style of How to Kill Your Family, Boy Parts, and other titles like this. I found it a little bit "smug" in places, but I think the characters were meant to reflect this. I also wasn't sure about the pacing of the ending, everything seemed to happen all of a sudden, but there again, this could reflect the nature of the characters and the world that they live in. Definitely will be recommending this to my friends though, as it's a really good read.

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thank you so much to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was able to make it 30% into this book before giving up. I have been trying to finish it for a literal year and I just decided to release myself from it. While the premise is interesting the amount of internal dialog and redundancy make this book really hard to get through. I am all for a good antihero/ murder book but the MFC was just entirely unlikable.

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Iconic, incredible, showstopping, from concept to execution! I was really looking forward to reading this from the title alone, and oh boy did it deliver. I cannot recommend this enough!

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I really enjoyed this book. I read it in one sitting. Don’t expect a crime thriller with police detectives. Kitty’s crimes are not investigated at all really but that’s what’s great - it’s almost an escape into a fantasy of “imagine if you could get away with it”. Although it is humorous it does genuinely touch on a very important issue of women’s safety and how it is often not safe due to many men’s attitude of what is acceptable behaviour, but I enjoyed reading about Kitty’s solution to those problems and the predicaments that she found herself in. I’m happy to recommend this book and rated it 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.

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Kitty Collins - meat production heiress and social media influencer. She seems to have the perfect life apart from the fact she’s a serial killer.

This book has been on my radar for a while and I’m really glad i picked it up. Kitty Collins seems to have it all from her social media profile however when she is assaulted one night and accidentally kills the assailant it triggers something inside of her. She’s a little like Dexter - but kills people that deserves it and tries to rid the streets of men that are harming women. Although the book has the main character as a killer and I’m not condoning murder in any way at all - the author really has highlighted what it is like for women when in public. Drink spiking, being in fear of walking around at night, car keys between your fingers just to name a few examples. I really feel like the author captured this well.

I also liked the plot and the twist towards the end was really good too. This was my first book by this author but I’d like to read more in the future. A really great read.

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This was such a fun, fast paced read. I read it in one sitting. I loved the twist at the end. The story was a bit far fetched at times, but that’s what made it so fun. Will definitely be reading more by this author.

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It was the title really that made me ask for this and I'm so glad I did.
I couldn't put it down. I loved it, ok it was a bit far fetched at times, but what an enjoyably different book.
RECOMMENDED - you bet.

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Was it the title that made me want to request this? You bet it was. What did I find when I finally read it? The most delightful story I have read in ages! This book was so much freaken fun! Kitty Collins is my all time idol! If there isn't a book 2 then there is no justice in the world!

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Once I got into How to kill men and get away with it I couldn't put ot down. I wanted to knowhow it would end and if Kitty got caught. I was surprised that I liked Kitty as the book progressed. At times it was abit far fetched but I still enjoyed it and it worked.

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This is a really solid book. The main character is immediately recognisable and you know what you're in for. Their friends are a tad ridiculous but they need to be to foil our FMC.

SYNOPSIS
When wealthy, popular, beautiful, it-girl Kitty kills a man who was trying to assault her on the way home from the bar, it sets her on a path of her own special brand of vigilanteism.

Firstly, I loved the title. It immediately made me want to read this and I've definitely seen a trend in the past few years about getting away with murder in book titles.

I thought the "logic" behind the plot was reasonable, as we have to remember this is fiction - it doesn't have to make 100% sense!

The twists and turns were compelling enough without being too stressful and I liked how everything wrapped up at the end.

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Firstly thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for sending me a copy of this book to read and review.

“I want to live in a world where I don’t have to keep my keys between my fingers in case I’m attacked walking home.”

I flew through this. This is something that affects every woman. Because even if you haven’t had any kind of advancement that you didn’t want, you know someone who has. This book really hits on some strong subjects that need to be spoken about. This was brilliant, this made me angry, sad and everything in between. ✨

“Oh, to have the confidence of a very average white male.”

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3.75

I loved this book, it gave me Killing Eve and Sweet Pea vibes and I really hope that there will be a sequel.

The writing wasn't the best in the world and some of the storylines were completely ridiculous and unrealistic but this is also why I loved it. The main character was extremely likable despite being a serial killer and at times I felt myself routing for her,

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Riveting suspense that never lets up and you’ll plough through this one in no time.
Gripping from start to finish and I’ll look out for more like this.

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A really dark but witty read. I loved Kitty’s character and the story line was brilliant. Highly recommended by me.

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