What A Way To Go
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3.3 • 42 Ratings
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- £12.99
Publisher Description
THE MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY IS BACK WITH THE NEW BOOK OF THE MOMENT
Delicious' JOJO MOYES
'Super-sharp, lethally witty' NIGELLA LAWSON
‘Wonderfully wicked’ RED
'Very funny… I inhaled it' JOE LYCETT
‘Taut, pacy, seamless… a huge pleasure to read’ MARIAN KEYES
'Thoroughly enjoyable, like Succession rewritten by Agatha Christie’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘Mackie has assembled a gloriously repugnant cast… A dark, funny story of a very dysfunctional family’ OBSERVER
Meet the Wisterns. Rich. Powerful. Morally bankrupt.
Anthony is dead. His wife and four children each have a motive.
And there’s a true crime-obsessed outsider ready to expose the killer…
With a family like this, who needs enemies?
‘Ferociously entertaining’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘Gripping, sharp and funny, this window on the mega-wealthy is perfect for fans of Succession’ WOMAN & HOME
‘Another caustic satire from the million-copy bestseller of How to Kill Your Family’ i NEWS
'Still not over Succession? A dysfunctional family with four inheritance-obsessed children gives the Roy clan a run for its money, with a murderous twist' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
WHAT READERS LOVE ABOUT BELLA MACKIE:
‘Just when you think you're a step ahead, she pulls something out of the bag’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Caustic sarcasm… delivered with elegance’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Mackie’s writing is sharp and funny’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Her sarcasm knows no bounds and I love it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Sparky, slick, wildly compulsive’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Macabre, flippant, and darkly hilarious’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Her irreverent, withering put-downs and sharply observed comments’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
What A Way To Go was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16.09.24
About the author
Bella Mackie is the author of three Sunday Times bestsellers – her nonfiction Jog On, her debut novel How to Kill Your Family, and her latest novel What a Way to Go. She has written for the Guardian, Vogue and Vice. In 2023 she judged the Women’s Prize for Fiction and her work has twice been shortlisted for the British Book Awards.
Customer Reviews
*Just desserts*
Have you ever read a book where you couldn’t find a redeeming character?. I found them all unlikeable. I couldn’t even begin to count the times I rolled my eyes.
We meet the Wisterns.
Anthony,
Olivia’s husband, worked hard to become the person he is today despite not coming from money. He charms when he wants something and enjoys having other women outside of his marriage. Tragically, by the end of the day, he will be no more.
Olivia
Anthony’s wife, is often described as an icy character. She came from money and they have four children. She’s a snob of the highest order and is well aware of Anthony’s philandering ways.
Their grown-up children are Freddy, Jemima, Lyra, and Clara. They’re a strange mix and very privileged in the world outside the family. However, they each have a different reaction to their father’s unfortunate passing.
All the members of the family are under suspicion, but there’s another character who calls herself the sleuth. She’s a podcaster who believes there’s foul play. This dark humour didn’t exactly raise a smile, mainly because I couldn’t help but scowl as I read and listened to it. It’s one story I never looked forward to, but the ending made me smile
Disappointing
I listened to the audiobook and did not like the voice of Olivia, one of the main characters, which didn’t help, her voice seemed raised most of the time. The book was very disappointing, unrelatable characters, and the subject matter was simply not interesting. Pleased to have finished it, there won’t be a second reading.