How to Kill Your Family: THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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But from there on is just a bunch of facts of her life after another, casual things that happened to her, the only two people still in her life and that horrible cellmate she unfortunately has.

Our protagonist Grace Bernard is a young woman living in London who discovers that her absent billionaire father had abandoned her and her mother both emotionally and financially, leaving her mother to bring Grace up as a single parent with a very low income. Bella Mackie, daughter of former Guardian editor and Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Alan Rusbridger, is a journalist who has written for VOGUE, The Guardian, VICE and GQ, to name but a few.

Told in a chatty manner, it reads like the ramblings of your sarcastic friend who's a bit bitchy and tends to exaggerate.

It takes a satirical look at those with wealth, showing us their greed and their lack of compassion and empathy.Often I found myself chuckling at a throw away comment from Grace that absolutely hit the nail on the head about real life. i was attracted to this book bc of the anti-heroine promise as i love an unlikeable, morally grey female character - but grace as a character was far too muddled, and it was clear that the author still hadn’t fully fleshed her out.

While you’re trying to process Grace’s most recent kill, Mackie’s already moved on to ranting about Pret and lip fillers. I say it’s less alarming than you’d think as, despite being her blood relatives, they’re not really her family, since she had no relationship with any of them prior to their murders.

The idea is promising, Grace is a likeable character and the first chapters really hook you, even if you don't understand everything.