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Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered by Georgia Hardstark, Karen Kilgariff

23 reviews

paigeisinabook's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.0

A book that takes a look behind the scenes with the creators of the"My Favorite Murder" podcast. If you already love their personalities, you're going to love this book. Looking at the backstories of the Karen and Georgia, learn about their lives and what makes them, them.

I listened to this on audiobook. It was okay, but I think I would have enjoyed it better if I was a fan of the podcast as well. I found some stories more engrossing than others, as you do, but nothing really grabbed me (like the note that

Georgia started doing meth at 13

). There are some good bits, but I stand by it that this book is for listeners who already love the podcast.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Death

slutforhotwings's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

Felt like I was I was chatting with my friends, this book felt like a warm hug. Truly one of the first books I’ve connected with instantly and couldn’t put down. Very inspiring, emotional and hilarious. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Drug use

vicdumpling's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Eating disorder, Drug use, and Alcohol

mandkips's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Death of parent

Minor: Death

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Murder, Death, and Sexual content

brynwm's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

I went into this book knowing a relatively small amount about it. I saw it being posted on social media here and there, and the title grabbed me (props to whoever came up with it). It was fun to hear Georgia and Karen's stories, and how they relate to both their podcast/career and various real-life experiences. As someone who is also very interested in crime, murder, true crime, etc., I found myself wanting more of that discussion than what was in the book. Although I was not familiar with the authors' podcast prior to reading this book, after reading it I would definitely check their podcast out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Body horror, Cursing, Rape, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Xenophobia

Additional CW/TW: there is a story about a grown man attempting to take inappropriate pictures of a teenage girl, divorce, minor Harry Potter reference

rani's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

temeade's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgarif take turns reminding readers to focus on themselves and their safety. The girls use their own experiences in order to advocate for self-care and self-awareness.   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Murder

honeyhistory103's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

If you're a fan of My Favorite Murder, then you'll love their book for likely the same reasons you enjoy the podcast - Karen and Georgia's distinctive voices ring through the written word with the same energy that they bring to your MFM feed every Thursday. This book is an intimate look into their lives, expanding on stories that get briefly touched on in the front half of every episode, and give listeners/readers the chance to truly understand how those moments shaped them into the people they are today.

The narrative and messages throughout the book remind me greatly of Brené Brown's dogmas (which makes a lot of sense, given that they reference Daring Greatly multiple times). Their stories of their own hurts, anxieties, and fuck-ups are told with what feels like a singular purpose: to help the reader in some way, be it by advising them against making decisions like their own, or by helping nudge someone that had fallen down the paths they too had stumbled down.

Though the book is definitely not a how-to on how to un-fuck your life, it is comforting to hear their experiences. Most notably, it is their success (as Georgia says in the conclusion, not just the hitting #1 on the podcast chart kind of success) and growth as individuals that instills in the book a note of hope, that life will get better if you can focus on making yourself the best person on the inside that you can be. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Eating disorder