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    How to Kill Men and Get Away With It
    How to Kill Men and Get Away With It
    How to Kill Men and Get Away With It
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    How to Kill Men and Get Away With It

    Written by Katy Brent

    Narrated by Victoria Morrison

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    'Darkly witty' Red

    'Made in Chelsea if it got seriously dark' Heat

    Meet Kitty Collins.

    FRIEND. LOVER. KILLER.

    He was following me. That guy from the nightclub who wouldn’t leave me alone.

    I hadn’t intended to kill him of course. But I wasn’t displeased when I did and, despite the mess I made, I appeared to get away with it.

    That’s where my addiction started…

    I’ve got a taste for revenge and quite frankly, I’m killing it.

    A deliciously dark, hilariously twisted story about friendship, love, and murder. Fans of My Sister the Serial Killer, How to Kill Your Family and Killing Eve will love this wickedly clever novel!

    Don't miss Katy Brent's new wickedly witty novel, The Murder After the Night Before, available now!

    Readers LOVE How to Kill Men and Get Away With It!

    ‘I literally couldn’t put this book down, I was just so engrossed in Kitty and what the heck she was going to do next!!’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘This book has got to be my favourite so far this year.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘There are just so many good things I could say about this book. I absolutely tore (pun intended) through this read. Everyone needs to go read it.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘Being a man I really shouldn't like this book. Well I didn't like it. I loved it! Oh I just couldn't stop reading this.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘How to Kill Men was an absolute treat to read, sending out American Psycho and Promising Young Women vibes.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘AMAZING!!! Where has Kitty been all my life?’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘This is one of the most clever books I have read in quite a while.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    ‘A well-rounded cast of characters, quick pace, and thrilling twists make this one of my favourites of the year!’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateOct 12, 2022
    ISBN9780008600495
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    Readers find this title to be a wonderful encompassing book, although some have issues with the main character's actions and the inconsistencies in the story. The monologues on animal rights were seen as irrelevant and cringe-worthy. However, the book raises important questions about morality and the power of influencers. Overall, the book is an entertaining read that sparks thought and discussion."

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    • 1/5
      Rich, vegan , superficial, woman killer meets mean girls erotica club. “Kitty” is annoying, snobbish,
      pretentious-yet murders men in the name of female solidarity (while being a Instagram influencer no less ….) Throw in some random sex and vegan propaganda. That’s the book!
    • 3/5
      I usually like dark humor, but this was a little too dark for my taste. Still, I can see how others might enjoy it.
    • 4/5
      Very well written. The narrator was a perfect choice and I will seek out other books narrated by her.
    • 5/5
      Great book. I really enjoyed it. I highly recommend it
    • 5/5
      So fun! Disturbing, and vindictive, I loved it, hold on friends- this will rock your world!
    • 5/5
      I am a Kitty fan for life! Wonderful encompassing book!!
    • 5/5
      This was an entertaining read, but it makes the police sound completely incompetent! Lol The theme is a good one, and certain things definitely resound (keys between the fingers, men who take "no" as a challenge, etc)- you even find yourself cheering her on! But the murders, cleanup, and investigations (or seeming lack thereof) kind of make it a bit light on the realistic side of things. Overall, as I said, it was entertaining, but if you're a murder mystery lover, you will find yourself poking holes all through the story most likely!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      It was good, but we get it, you’re vegan. Completely irrelevant to the plot and the monologues on animal rights were a bit cringe. We get it.
    • 4/5
      [3.5] i found this so intriguing up until about 70% when things just descended into complete chaos - there were some things which i found a little bit problematic (like hen lying, kitty lying, charlie not taking action sooner), which just made this miss the mark slightly for me.
    • 2/5
      I have some serious issues with this book.

      The main character, Kitty, plays judge, jury, executioner - and even God - because she has decided these men deserve to die. But that’s okay; she’s a rich, famous, and beautiful influencer, so she gets to decide what’s right and wrong. And she also gets to congratulate herself for doing so.

      Imagine if this story was flipped around so that it was “How to Kill Women and Get Away With It”. The collective “we” wouldn’t take it nearly as lightly. We certainly wouldn’t consider it to be fun entertainment. Even the image in the book’s cover attempts to make light of the subject matter.

      In addition, there are numerous gaps and inconsistencies in this book. The author depends heavily on Deus ex Machina to make the story work (not that it really works). WARNING: SPOILER ALERT……..For example, CCTV systems are conveniently either non-functioning or completely nonexistent, no matter where she goes. Her cell phone never gets traced. Her DNA, fingerprints, etc are never discovered. No witnesses ever see her. And yet, a single cell phone tracker app is somehow able to detect and transmit incredible details about her activities (not just her location) while law enforcement bumbles around like the Keystone cops for all they’re able to prove. It’s ludicrous, really.

      Look - I understand that this is meant to be “fun”, but the truth is that it isn’t. Sexual assault, domestic abuse, the objectifying of women, and murder are serious business.

      I regret that I chose this book and by doing so supported it, the topic, and the author.
    • 3/5
      2.5 stars

      I received this book for free, this does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review

      The colour palette of death is really rather pretty.

      With a little bit of Dexter and Promising Young Woman, How to Kill Men and Get Away with It was a pop culture filled fictional tale of an Instagram influencer murdering men who sexually assault women as a cathartic release. Kitty Collins is the heiress of her family's slaughterhouse business but shuns that legacy as she makes money from posting about her brunches, traveling, and vegan lifestyle on Instagram. The beginning has her commenting on brands and how many followers her friends have, setting her up to appear vacuous. Told all from her point-of-view, there's a definite tint of cynicism and bubbling anger and hurt underneath it all and when a creep follows her home from the bar and winds up dead, her reaction makes it obvious the title isn't just click bait.

      Perfect boobs. Perfect life. I guess that's my 'brand'.

      The beginning of this kept me locked in as I was trying to figure Kitty out, was she a Dexter like character that had been warped and shaped by her trauma, an unreliable narrator, or a simple sociopath that reveled in their means and opportunity? The story leads you a couple ways and used certain characters, like a love interest named Charlie that comes in around midway and not revealing an obvious more to the story about Kitty's missing father, to keep the reader never quite certain about some things. It was a little after the halfway mark and ending that I thought the wheels kind of came off and I thought the story lost the plot of what it might have been trying.

      He cannot know that I'm the hunter here. He needs to believe he's in control.

      Bringing Charlie in, did bring out a different layer of Kitty and I think probably humanized her to readers that were less willing to go along with the macabre farce of Kitty's extracurricular activities but I think he ultimately ended up falling flat after a couple late ending reveals. There was also a later sexual scene that had him questioning if they got hot over some sexual assault stories that didn't land right for me, not hitting the mark of early dark humor that worked. I also thought the stalker messaging Kitty throughout the story had a very wheels fell off reveal and ending. Sexual assault is a tough one to approach with dark humor and while I thought the beginning got it, the ending went south (what was with having a late, quick, oh the character lied about her assault??).

      There's an unspoken rule between us that we don't talk about The Thing. Talking could crack the veneer.

      This took place in London and had a ton of pop culture references, as an American I still understood the majority but there were a few that went on by me; the contemporary additives feel like this story is going to get dated very quickly. You'll also have to go along with the supposed to be dark humor and not question how things like cellphone GPS doesn't apparently exist in this world and Kitty has been able to get away with her side gig. I liked the first half with it's ghoulish poking humor but the second half's tone didn't land right and some of the reveals had the plot's wheels falling off.
    • 5/5
      A very readable thriller. The plotting was not as tight as I would have liked, and it felt at points that the story was on the verge of getting out of hand...but it held on to the end. I liked its dark humor.

      But then it gets dark...really dark. So dark that it hurt to read. Trigger warnings for gore, mental health issues, and violence against women. The hardest part is knowing that this fiction is rooted in reality. Women all over the world, of all ages, have lived, is living, these nightmares.

      There are no words.
    • 3/5
      How to Kill Men and Get Away With It is Katy Brent's debut novel.

      The title of the book gives you a pretty good idea of what the plot might entail. And this short quote from the publisher says it all...

      "He was following me. That guy from the nightclub who wouldn’t leave me alone. I hadn’t intended to kill him of course. But I wasn’t displeased when I did and, despite the mess I made, I appeared to get away with it.

      That’s where my addiction started…I’ve got a taste for revenge and quite frankly, I’m killing it.” Uh huh, this isn't a one time thing.

      Kitty is our protagonist. She’s an influencer with a wealth of followers. Her inner dialogue is sharp and biting and darkly humorous at times. Her cadre consists of other wealthy influencers - with fewer followers, of course.

      Kitty forms her own sense of justice and revenge, making herself judge and jury. Until she makes a mistake. But it’s hard to not see why she’s doing what she does. Lots of food for thought.

      I think I went into this book expecting more of a lighter Finley Donovan vibe. This one instead got a little bit too dark for me. Closer to Dexter instead. Kitty delights in killing and her disposal methods. Kitty has some issues herself beyond her penchant for killing.

      I'm not sure if the author was going for dark humour, satire or a blend? I finished the book, but felt it was too much in a number of ways for me.

      See for yourself - read an excerpt of How To Kill Men and Get Away With It. There will be some triggers for gentle readers.
    • 4/5
      Best for:
      Anyone with a strong stomach and a desire to read a deeply disturbing but also kind of funny revenge fantasy. I had a fairly long travel day yesterday, involving two short flights but a lot of airport time. I started the book at 11:30. I finished it at about 5pm.

      In a nutshell:
      Content notes for the book and the review: sexual assault, pedophilia, murder, animal cruelty, probably a lot of other things

      Influencer Kitty accidentally killed someone who was about to sexually assault her. And got away with it. Will this become a pattern?

      Worth quoting:
      “ ‘Ladies,’ he says, holding his glass up like he’s Leonardo DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby. If you think extremely average white men have a confidence they don’t deserve, imagine one with money who has been gushed over since he was about twelve.”

      Why I chose it:
      My partner spotted it in a bookshop and though it would be right up my alley.

      What it left me feeling:
      Stunned

      Review:
      I mean … this book is absurd. Obviously. Pretty much all the characters, including the main one, are pretty unlikable. Pretty, rich, vapid. Etc. And the book is violent as fuck (so probably not the healthiest media to consume). And there’s some sex scenes that were a bit racier than I was expecting (As someone who reads mostly non-fiction, or if its fiction, it’s often crime-based, I’m also forgetting that people like to read sex scenes. I just don’t expect them.) And the literal logistics of some things (like her ability to dismember a large man’s body) are doubtful.

      But.

      BUT.

      In real life, I’m opposed to the death penalty. I think the prison industrial complex and the criminal punishments systems are deeply fucked.

      In real life, I’ve also been cat called, and known numerous women who have been sexually assaulted by men who faced no repercussions. So a book that’s all about a woman who has had enough and just takes matters into her own hands? I found it pretty satisfying. The plot of the book also has some twists and some slightly unexpected moments, so it isn’t totally predictable.

      The author in a note at the end acknowledges that there have been many recent looks at women as revenge / serial killers. I think this book succeeds where the film Promising Young Woman tried and failed.

      Recommend to a Friend / Keep / Donate it / Toss it:
      Donate it
    • 4/5
      How To Kill Men and Get Away With It is an entertaining, satirical thriller from debut novelist Katy Brent.

      “Before all this started, I’d thought that squeezing the life out of someone would be easy. The right amount of pressure on their windpipe and they’d just go limp, like when a kitten suddenly falls asleep. It’s actually nothing like that.”

      The first victim of trust fund baby and popular social media influencer, Kitty Collins’s killing spree, was an accident. She’d simply shoved the drunken sleaze who followed her from a bar away from her and he fell on the broken wine bottle he’d been threatening her with. The next took more planning. Kitty’s targets are cheaters, liars and predators, men who leave ruined women in their wake without a backward glance, like her ex, Adam, and her father. It’s a much more noble calling than posting photos of herself online. Conveniently, as the heiress to Collins Cuts (even if she is vegan and refuses her share of the profits), she has the perfect disposal method available. There are rules, of course, the most important is to not get caught, but Kitty also has a stalker who seems to know every move she makes.

      “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. Not that I do that. I find a serrated hunting knife and a syringe of GHB much more reassuring.”

      In case it’s not clear, this is a satirical revenge fantasy so the the plot has a tenuous basis in reality, and the characters, including Kitty, are more properly caricatures. That said, Brent’s commentary about violence against women in society is on point. I honestly think they’d be few women who weren’t at least a little gratified by the way Kitty turns the table on badly behaved men.

      “Red eyes, blue lips, a pale yellowing skin. Oh, and some gorgeous shades of purple later as the blood pools in the lowest parts of the body. The colour palette of death is really rather pretty.”

      Full of dark humour, I really like the tone Brent strikes with Kitty’s voice. The sardonic descriptions of mayhem and murder contrasts effectively with our perception of a gushing influencer. Kitty is not particularly likeable, nor is she reliable, but she is amusing and pretty bad ass.

      “I look like a walking wet dream. I’m hideous.”

      There’s a twist or three to the tale, because no woman is perfect. All are fairly easy to predict but they are fun and generally satisfying anyway.

      A delightfully wicked story, I enjoyed How To Kill Men and Get Away With It, perhaps a teeny bit more than I should of.
    • 3/5
      Kitty Collins is a rich influencer with over a million followers on Instagram. Her days are full of charity events, product promotions, meeting with fans and her nights are full of partying with her friends...well, that and finding time for her side gig as a serial killer but she only targets a**hole men who abuse women. Good thing that, although she is a vegan, she is also the heiress to a huge meat packing business which gives her great access to a convenient way to deal with all those cumbersome dead bodies.

      How to Kill Men and Get Away with It by Katy Brent is a fast easy read and I finished in a couple of days but I’m still not completely sure how I feel about it. When I saw it offered on Netgalley, it was the title and cover art that drew me to it. I expected, or at least hoped for,a cheeky fun story on the lines of Finlay Donovan. What I got was more like American Psycho. And while we’re talking about psycho, this book really should have trigger warnings for rape, physical and sexual assault, drug and alcohol abuse, and copious amounts of gore.

      Don’t get me wrong - I didn’t hate the book. It had some funny moments and I certainly can relate to the realities of the danger too many women face on a daily and nightly basis. However, I felt this was handled so sensationally that it trivialized the issue. It felt like, for Kitty, that it was just an excuse for killing men sort of like Dexter but with more expensive clothes (okay, I’ve gotta admit the references to what shoes she wore at each murder scene was pretty funny).

      But, if I’m being fair, it I think part of my problem with the book is an age thing. I have no interest in or even fully understand the point of influencers and I hate the whole culture of reality stars. I didn’t get the behaviour of Kitty and her friends. They all seemed like over-privileged rich women with major daddy issues who were permanently stuck in adolescence.

      Still, judging from the number of four and five star reviews, I am in the minority here so I make no recommendation other than suggesting that readers be aware of the amount of abuse aimed towards women throughout this novel.

      Thanks to Negalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review