How to Kill Your Family
- Author Bella Mackie
- Narrator Charly Clive, Paul Panting
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 22 July 2021
- Run Time 10 hours and 50 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Interior life.
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What to expect
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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘I loved this book’ RICHARD OSMAN
‘Funny, sharp, dark and twisted’ JOJO MOYES
‘Chilling, but also laugh-out-loud funny. Another corker’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
They say you can’t choose your family. But you can kill them.
Meet Grace Bernard.
Daughter, sister, serial killer…
Grace has lost everything.
And she will stop at nothing to get revenge.
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‘Funny and furious and strangely uplifting. Grace is a bitter and beguiling anti-hero with a keen eye for social analysis – even in her most grisly deeds, you never stop rooting for her’ PANDORA SYKES
‘Deliciously addictive…brilliantly executed’ i PAPER
‘Addictive… Grace Bernard is one of the most intriguing and bewitching protagonists I've read in years’ EMMA GANNON
‘A funny, compulsive read about family dysfunction and the media’s obsession with murder’ SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
‘You’ll be gripped… Grace’s emotional detachment throughout will give you chills’ Rated 5 stars by COSMOPOLITAN
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‘Hilarious and dark’ ELLE
‘Ironic twists and caustic commentary on everything from liberal guilt to the consumerist con that is “selfcare” sharpen this debut novel’ OBSERVER
‘Brilliantly tongue-in-cheek stuff from the Vogue columnist’ IRISH INDEPENDENT
‘Witty, waspish satire of a murderer with no regrets’ GRAZIA
‘Original, funny, unique and such a refreshing read’ PRIMA
‘A deliciously dark debut novel’ RED
‘One very entertaining read’ WOMAN’S WAY
How To Kill Your Family was number 1 in the Sunday Times paperback chart on 26/04/2022
Critics Review
‘Funny and furious and strangely uplifting. Grace is a bitter and beguiling anti-hero with a keen eye for social analysis – even in her most grisly deeds, you never stop rooting for her’ PANDORA SYKES
n‘I loved this book’ RICHARD OSMAN
n‘I’ve struggled to recover my reading mojo since lockdown. This turned out to be the thing that sparked it back to life… Funny, sharp, dark and twisted, Grace is a character I found myself rooting for even as she committed the most vile misdeeds’ JOJO MOYES
n‘Addictive… one of the most intriguing and bewitching protagonists I've read in years’ EMMA GANNON
n‘A funny, compulsive read about family dysfuction and the media’s obsession with murder’ SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
n‘You’ll be gripped… Grace’s emotional detachment throughout will give you chills’ Rated 5 stars by COSMOPOLITAN
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‘Hilarious and dark’ ELLE
n‘Ironic twists and caustic commentary on everything from liberal guilt to the consumerist con that is “selfcare” sharpen this debut novel’ OBSERVER
n‘Brilliantly tongue-in-cheek stuff from the Vogue columnist’ IRISH INDEPENDENT
n‘Original, funny, unique and such a refreshing read’ PRIMA
n‘A deliciously dark debut novel’ RED
n‘This smart revenge comedy is told through the eyes of the Villanelle-esque anti-hero Grace Bernard… Chilling, but also laugh-out-loud funny. Another corker of a debut’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
n‘Deliciously addictive… brilliantly executed’ i PAPER
n‘Witty, waspish satire of a murderer with no regrets’ GRAZIA
n‘Darkly hilarious’ IRISH TIMES MAGAZINE
n‘Deliciously dark and twisted’ You magazine, MAIL ON SUNDAY
n‘Bella Mackie’s debut novel is by turns pitch-dark and laugh-out-loud funny, with an outrageous final twist’ DAILY MAIL
n‘hilarious… skilfully plotted’ Adele Parks The Sun
nUser Reviews
The narration is mostly good but sadly let down by some mispronunciations of words which for me spoils the suspension of disbelief needed for such a story.
Certainly has oddities and consciences but a very good comedy overall
It stands head and shoulders above similar books.
It's now on my top 20 books.
I gave up on the Thursday murder club because it's rubbish compared to
How to kill your family. 😁😁😁👏👏👏
We really couldn't fault this book. Disappointed to have finished it.
Now to look for another with the same reader Charly Clive.
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