Wow. This book is seriously nuts! I'm going to start with something I've never done before...trigger warnings...and there's A LOT of them:
Trigger warning: rape, rape of a minor, sexual assault, murder, suicide, drugs, alcohol, sexual content, gore.
I think that's them all 😬
Kitty Collins, rich, influencer. Her job IS Instagram. Then, one night when she's out with her influencer friends, she heads home early and the creep from the bar follows her. He thinks because he bought her a few drinks she now owes him. Kitty is scared, he's so much bigger than her, but one push and he falls onto a broken wine bottle. What a waste of a decent white wine. The police think it's an accident, but Kitty feels good that she's rid the world of one scumbag...maybe she's the sort of hero the world needs?
At first I didn't think I'd finish. I absolutely hate the whole influencer "famous just for being famous" world and didn't think I'd be able to trawl through all that. But actually, Kitty really grows on you after a while. Her loyalty to her friends and dark humour is endearing and I really started rooting for her and her new budding relationship.
Overall I enjoyed it, it's losing one star because it was difficult to get into at first and I felt some of the story didn't quite make sense (possibly fixed in editing?) - there were a couple of timeline issues.
Otherwise I really enjoyed it, a few bits I didn't enjoy the detail I just skimmed over. It's entirely unrealistic, completely ridiculous and a whole lot of fun...while still raising some good points about treatment of women, expectations and how you do feel that you need to keep your keys between your fingers when walking home late at night...
Trigger warning: rape, rape of a minor, sexual assault, murder, suicide, drugs, alcohol, sexual content, gore.
I think that's them all 😬
Kitty Collins, rich, influencer. Her job IS Instagram. Then, one night when she's out with her influencer friends, she heads home early and the creep from the bar follows her. He thinks because he bought her a few drinks she now owes him. Kitty is scared, he's so much bigger than her, but one push and he falls onto a broken wine bottle. What a waste of a decent white wine. The police think it's an accident, but Kitty feels good that she's rid the world of one scumbag...maybe she's the sort of hero the world needs?
At first I didn't think I'd finish. I absolutely hate the whole influencer "famous just for being famous" world and didn't think I'd be able to trawl through all that. But actually, Kitty really grows on you after a while. Her loyalty to her friends and dark humour is endearing and I really started rooting for her and her new budding relationship.
Overall I enjoyed it, it's losing one star because it was difficult to get into at first and I felt some of the story didn't quite make sense (possibly fixed in editing?) - there were a couple of timeline issues.
Otherwise I really enjoyed it, a few bits I didn't enjoy the detail I just skimmed over. It's entirely unrealistic, completely ridiculous and a whole lot of fun...while still raising some good points about treatment of women, expectations and how you do feel that you need to keep your keys between your fingers when walking home late at night...