I unfortunately had to DNF this book because the plot felt off to me.... like social media and then murder and then tinder and then idk....

Dark vibes abound in this horror/thriller. Kitty is a social media influencer. She's confident in who she is and is pretty snobby.

This book was not for me. Dexter meets Killing Eve with some really gruesome and graphic parts. I love thrillers but this was more horror in some parts. I DNF it 30% of the way through.

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. To begin with, I found the plot so unpleasant that I thought wouldn't be able to finish it. I found the characters vacuous but ,somehow, I continued and I'm glad because I needed the resolution. The characters were all unlikeable and I was hoping for some sort of redemption. Well done to Katy Brent for leaving me in such a quandary. Thanks to Netgalley.

I loved this book! It starts with the main character in a heart-pounding situation and never lets up. Kitty is an influencer with tons of followers and is sought out by sponsors for ads and events. She has a group of friends she goes out with but still has to deal with handsy men who won't take no for an answer. Kitty has finally had enough of men thinking their actions do not have consequences and decides it's time for her to take matters into her own hands.

This book held my interest from beginning to end, which has been difficult lately as I've had a few book-duds. It's hard not to root for Kitty despite the fact that she's taking people out regularly. The book wraps up so well, which made it such a satisfying read. Can't wait to read more from this author!

I’d describe this book as realistic fiction. The author has done an amazing job at creating imaginary characters and situations that depict the world and society. The characters focus on themes of growing, self-discovery and confronting personal and social problems. This is a first for me by the author and one I enjoyed and would read more of their work. The book cover is eye-catching and appealing and would spark my interest if in a bookshop. Thank you very much to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

The E-Book could be improved and more user-friendly, such as links to the chapters, no large gaps between words some text written has been typed in red and a cover for the book would be better. It is very document-like instead of a book therefore a star is lost for this.

3.5/5.

Kitty is a vegan Instagram influencer who was brought up in a wealthy family that made their money with slaughter houses. One night, she is followed home by a man from the bar that thinks she owes him something. He ends up accidentally dying by falling on a broken beer bottle. This launches a killing spree by Kitty to take down men she thinks are bad people based on how they treat women.

If you are looking for a book similar to the Finlay Donavon series – this is not it. This has more of a Dexter vibe but with a rich, Instagram influencer. The premise was great and some people will definitely love this book; however, it was not for me. There are all sorts of trigger warnings in this book…

Likes:
- The Gossip Girl-esque drama with the influencers
- The relationship that Kitty had with her friend Tori and her desire to get revenge.

Dislikes:
- None of the characters were very likeable
- Kitty almost overdoses and lies about having a miscarriage.. and then her ex all of a sudden loves her and shows up?
- The murders were very detailed and I would say I’m not normally prude on these things but these were a little gruesome… this just didn’t vibe with me
- It got a little too unbelievable for me – the online data trails that would easily lead to her, etc. in all the murders would have been easily found in any investigation to the suspicious deaths

This was a NO for me. It was cringey and although some jokes landed, most did not, and the overall story missed the mark. I only finished the book, so I could write a thorough and honest review. I wouldn't recommend for anyone to read. Although I will say I did not see some of the plot twists, especially the last one. That was a little saving grace while reading this book. But it wasn't enough to make up for everything else.

I was looking forward to a female Dexter and hoping I would enjoy this book, but, unfortunately, I couldn't wait to get through this fast enough.
I felt Kitty was inconsistent and the side characters annoying and shallow (that was the author's point, but I found it too annoying to enjoy) and the whole storyline of how she finds the piece of trash men she murders did not feel believable. She would have been caught easily in the real world. Also there are a few triggers readers need to be made aware of, including sexual assault, rape, and miscarriage.

All in all, do not recommend.


**Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me an advanced copy of this book and in return I am submitting my unbiased and voluntary review and opinion. I am posting this review to my Goodreads account immediately and will post it to my Amazon & Instagram accounts upon publication.

A great book to read. Characters were great and not what I was expecting! A must read for anyone! Thanks for the Arc

That was not what I was expecting and I loved it. Kitty has a weird sense of humor and it was my favorite part. A woman killing rapists?? Signed me up!! The romance wasn't my favorite part and it could be left it out of the book. Some part are kind of hard to believe. Like, there's no CCTV at all?? In any of the murders scenes, even though some of them happens in fancy buildings?? Right. There's talk about veganism -no idea why??- #metoo movement and some sort of criticism to influences and to dirt culture. The plot was a bit all over the place but overall I liked. It was a fun read and I will definitely will keep.an eye for any future books from this author.

What a great read !!! Loved the characters and was such a page turner. Really enjoyed the different plots. Definitely recommend! Thank you NetGalley for this ARC

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It
Katy Brent

Rating 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

Review

Ladies and Gentlemen we have Kitty Collins an avenger of the weak! She doesn't take catcalling nor stalking kindly, if I were the stalker I'd scurry away and put oceans between us that's how scary she is!

When I first started this I didn't think I could finish it in one sitting but I did because the narration just flowed so easily and very well, the characters were lovable and relatable, the plot was driven and the writing style is simple elegance. I'm a lover of avengers for the underdog trope so this was an easy read for me look out for trigger warnings because there IS violence in it 🤞🏻 but hopefully you will pick this up because of it's awesomeness!!

Are you one of the women who has held keys between your fingers while walking in the streets at night then this is a book that will make you feel safe! Kitty is a killer in the streets literally, sone happenstance accident killing leaves her wanting to extract revenge on the prowling animals who disguise themselves as men but the problem arises when she's practically an Instagram sensation and one particular DM focuses on her night personality! Read to know if she gets caught or catches the internet stalker!

A very interesting and thrilling book that will blow your socks right off!!

I got, How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent from NetGalley for a fair and honest review.


How to Kill Men and Get Away With It tells the story of Kitty Collins an influencer, who goes around killing men who fail to treat women right.


What I like about this novel was the way that Katy Brent was able to have the story narrated by the main character Katy in a light hearted way, giving her a personality that made some parts feel more like a comedy than a book about the serial killer.

This style of writing worked well as it allows us as readers to gain more of a connection to the main character even though apart form being a serial killer, she works as an influencer but she has enough money that she does not even have to do that.

While How to Kill Men and Get Away With It, was told though the eyes of one character this does not mean that the people she connected with were 2d cut outs, except for the people in the story that Katy thought was their actual personality.

From her friends in the influencer world and he boyfriend where all given enough of a character for the story if they interacted with Katy enough.

Having said that there were a lot of stereo types throughout this book from the boyfriend who had gave up his family money to work in the charity sector, to the music mogul having elaborate parties.


While these characters were caricatures of people they represented, for me this was the only way that the How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent would have worked making it well worth reading.

How to Kill Men was an entertaining read for sure! I wasn’t in love with the writing style and I didn’t like Kitty.

Even though this is fiction, a lot of it didn’t seem very realistic and some of it was unnecessary.

Overall though it was a very engaging book, but I would recommend checking trigger warnings before reading.

This book is a page-turner without a doubt, but the gore and violence are really difficult to mine through. I am vegan, so I was initially bothered by the animal violence, but the descriptive nature of the murder scenes was too much for me. I was really invested in the story, but I feel I missed a lot because I had to skip the bulk of the violence. It made me feel vomitous.

I received an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review

I cackled so loudly reading this book on the train! More of a laugh than a thriller, but still worth your time. Five stars of feminist fury fun.

this book genuinely felt like it didn't know what it wanted to be - a gruesome account of murders/revenge or a chicklit rich white girl romance
and the book really suffered because of it - the romance felt shoved in and the whiplash i got from reading about grinding up bodies in meat machines right after an influencer event was just too much
on top of that: the book's central messaging about killing men as revenge is too shaky to really hold up the more you think about it
oh men get away with things and they shouldn't - kitty is a rich white woman living on a huge trust fund and we never address her privilege
and magically kitty gets rid of all these bodies so easily, never gets caught (the men ALL WERE MESSAGING ONE GIRL ON TINDER ON THEIR PHONES ITS BASIC POLICE WORK), and the ROLLER SKATES THING???? be so serious right now that is so so stupid
this story is so illogical amy dunne you will never be matched

Extremely hackneyed writing with one-dimensional characters. Fails at being a revenge fantasy - where I expected some tongue-in-cheek joke misandry it somehow ends up circling back around to internalized misogyny with none of the satirical awareness required of the revenge fantasy genre. I found the storyline where *spoiler* a character lies about being sexually abused by her father because she was jealous of the mc absolutely ridiculous and anti-feminist

Many thanks to HQ Digital and Katy Brent for the advanced copy of How To Kill Men and Get Away With It via NetGalley, in return for my honest and unbiased review. Quick note: I don’t recap plots in my reviews, as it’s easy enough to read the book’s synopsis and blurbs, I purely focus on my feelings & opinions of how the books makes me feel.

Well…one thing we don’t have to be worried about is Katy Brent being a serial killer. But, then again, it could be an elaborate double bluff, and she’s actually one of the most successful murderers the world has ever seen. Or not seen. Because she certainly has no knowledge of, or perhaps respect for, forensic science. Or detectives. Or CCTV.

It’s probably quite obvious that I did not enjoy this book. Besides the blatant unrealistic-ness of every single crime scene in the book, the entire thing was vapid. I’m probably not the target audience. I don’t ‘get’ influencers. I wore wide leg trousers the FIRST time they came around. I couldn’t care less what brand Kitty’s eleventy billion couches are. Or her clothes. Or shoes. I’d hoped for some kind of redemptive arc where the brands were ditched by the end of the book, but nope.

Brent grabbed every trigger she could think of and threw them into this book. Some were handled relatively well…some…not so much. As someone who has personal relationships with several of the larger ‘headline’ triggers, I did bristle at how they were brushed aside and not properly dealt with.

Overall, if you have any interest in forensics or have a scientific mind, I don’t think you’ll enjoy this book. If you like influencers, brands, or the Chelsea set, you probably will. I probably just overthought it too much to be able to enjoy it.

Moods: dark
Pace: fast
Character development: weak
Plot or character driven: 50/50
Diversity: low
Spice: 3/5
Trigger warnings: Alcohol abuse, Animal death, Blood/Gore, Cheating, Child abuse, Death, Death of a family member, Drugs, Eating Disorder, Fatphobia, Guns/weapons, Incest, Kidnapping, Mental Illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Paedophilia, Physical or mental abuse, Poisoning, PTSD, Rape, Self Harm, Sexism, Sexual abuse/assault/harassment, Slut shaming, Torture, Violence

Rating 2/5

First off the cover and the title. Come on so good!!

I love books that features characters that are vastly unlikable and this book does not disappoint. I love that this book's title lives up to the whole vibe. Kitty is also one of my favourite characters of all time I think. There were a few things with pacing that lost me but otherwise this book is a must buy and you will like it!

sometimes I feel like I shouldn't rate something 5 stars because I noticed a flaw or two, or because I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to absolutely everyone/expect that everyone would love it as much as I did. This book, it had a couple of things I didn't absolutely love, I wouldn't blanket recommend it, and to those I would recommend it, that's ok if they didn't enjoy it as much as I did... because you know what? I really freaking enjoyed it.
I received it from netgalley like right around the time it was published so I read it a bit late. I loved the writing, I loved the main character (a few small quibbles), I loved the story. I thought it was wickedly funny and I *loved* that it wasn't a 'woopsie daisy' type book like Finlay Donovan (I love Finlay, it was just refreshing!). I just had a really fantastic time reading it. And that to me, is a 5 star read. I'll keep an eye out for Katy Brent's next book!