This wasn’t as fast paced as I thought it would be and it didn’t feel as though it was written by the same author as the first book. Despite not quite being what I expected, I did enjoy the book on the whole and would read more by the author. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers.

I enjoyed this well plotted, entertaining, and solid story. Loved the storytelling and the plot kept me hooked and guessing
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Absolutely loved this book! From page one I was hooked and couldn’t wait to pick the book back up.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Sadly, I DNF’d this book.

I really liked the premise and I was excited to find out the real story behind Anthony’s death but I got to about 50% and found nothing had really moved in the plot.

Thank you to the publisher for the ARC.

2.5/5 rounded up
Thank you for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I was really excited to get a copy of this as I enjoyed Bella’s first book, although that too was hard to get going with, it picked up and I throughly enjoyed reading and was excited to hear she had signed a book deal for 3 books total.
Unfortunately this second book was not what I expected at all. Extremely hard for me to get through hence me finishing in December when I got it before it was released in September…
I really wanted to DNF it but, I thought surely I need to find out how he died since the title literally is ‘what a way to go’ but nope wasn’t as exciting at all.
Didn’t like or expect the ‘afterlife’ side of this, just thought it was weird to be honest.
Here’s hoping that the 3rd book is more like the first!

Bella Mackie has another hit on her hands with this one. Brilliant writing style, a captivating plot and characters who you just both love and hate at the same time.

What a way to go is an engaging and witty book. Money definitely can’t buy you love. I love the twists and turns. Excited to read more by Bella Mackie

Darkly comic slow burn which I thoroughly enjoyed,

The three perspectives keep it moving nicely and I love a book about people and their relationships and this one is great. The dynamics are brilliant with characters you love to hate.

I really liked how to kill your family but this one just fell flat for me. I quickly lost interest, even on audio, and the humor didn't hit as much as it did with this author's first novel. 2 stars

Anthony Wistern dies at his own birthday party in quite a spectacular way. But was it an accident or was it murder and if he was murdered who out of the many, many possible suspects committed the crime? This darkly funny book follows events from several character's viewpoints, including Anthony Wistern who must remember how he died to move on. There are lots of clever twists and turns along the way as the true awfulness of Anthony's family members is allowed to shine and an amateur sleuth causes havoc in her bid for social media fame.

What a Way to Go is my second read from Bella Mackie and what a read! I loved How to Kill Your Family and the same dry wit and dark humour that was in those pages is here in What a Way to Go too. As you may have gathered from the cover art and title, this book is about an unusual death – that of Anthony Wistern.

We have Anthony, our – recently dead – first narrator. There are two other main narrators, Anthony’s wife, Olivia and ‘The Sleuth’.

Set in Chipping Marston, Oxfordshire, Anthony, is a working-class lad done good, working his way up to CEO of his own finance company, Wismere Holdings. Married to Olivia (our second narrator), who does come from family money, they have four adult children – Jemima, Freddy, Lyra and Clara – and were quite the formidable couple on the premium party circuit.

It was at one of their legendary parties – Anthony’s 60th birthday – that he dies and his whole family are thrown into turmoil. You see, Anthony’s death could be seen as suspicious – it’s definitely a bit wild – and it’s very quickly that all his family’s grudges and grievances come tumbling out of the wardrobe.

I loved how What a Way to Go has its other-worldly spin with chapters from Anthony in death’s waiting room, watching his family as they deal with his death. Weirdly, I was watching Kaos in the same time frame I was reading this book and that also has a death/underworld waiting room situation.

The Sleuth is our third narrator – a true crime fan, she lives in the village where the death occurs, so basically feel it’s her crime to solve. A crime, by the way, that the police rule accidental death, but she’s convinced Anthony was murdered, and is going to do anything to prove it…

As her chapters go on, we see her subscribers grow and grow. I thought this was interesting commentary on the rise of true crime podcasters and how they can hound people with little to no evidence – just a hunch and a phone, but are spurred on by the growing amount of people that validate what they are doing. Her chapters really add a great dynamic to the read.

What a Way to Go is an excellent, entertaining read – a crime mystery meets family drama, with a unique premise, highly recommend!

This book is Cluedo with twist, told through the eyes of the deceased, his wife and an online crime sleuth.

When wealthy financial entrepreneur Anthony Wistern dies at his 60th birthday party  in unfortunate circumstances, it is unclear how it has happened. Anthony is stuck in afterlife limbo and can't move on until he has pieced it all together. Meanwhile, an online wannabe detective is convinced that one of Anthony's family members is a culprit and sets out to prove it to their followers by stalking the family

I really enjoyed this book, dark but funny at the same time! I'm definitely going to go back and read her previous novel and look forward to the next!

Loved this book. I thought it was really funny with a different storyline to my usual reads. I loved the characters (even though his children were annoying, but annoyingly good!)
Very well written and kept me engaged all the way through . 5⭐️

What A Way To Come Back! I read Bella Mackie's fiction debut, How To Kill Your Family in NetGalley and was so happy to recommend it back then! It was so satisfactory to see how well it ended up doing. I've enjoyed her second novel as much as I did the first one, and can't wait to read anything she publishes!

No one writes rich, despicable characters quite like Bella! The speculative element surprised me but I was completely drawn in and raced through this to discover whodunnit. Smart and compelling and a perfect follow up to HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY.

Bella Mackie's disdain for the rich shines through this one, too.

It's rather a slow-paced novel in which deceased Anthony Wistern is trying to solve the mistery of his own death in a sort of purgatorial setting. Same goes for the living, as Anthony's death made quite a few people look suspicious. Then there's an amateur sleuth who runs an investigation of her own.

The problem is, "What a Way to Go" is not that interesting. Despite three significantly different POV's. Despite the twists and turns. Despite the angle of a morality tale, showcasing wealthy people as either beyond moral or simply clueless. This was rather unsatisfying read with kind of predictable ending.

I didn’t think I would like this as much as I really did. I’d put it off until I could do it no more and once I was in I was hooked. It’s not my usually type of book but it was fascinating and a really good
Read. Thank you NetGalley for this arc in exchange of an honest review.

'What A Way To Go' is the next release for Bella Mackie, following the massive success of her book How to Kill Your Family which, when I read it, I LOVED!

This book has the exact same charm and dry black humour that I loved from HTKYF which was the real main pulling power of this book. It is told from 3 POVs: Anthony who has recently died under suspicious circumstances and is looking in on his family from past life limbo (note: I wasn't expecting a beetlejuice-esque recently deceased set up, but I liked it!) next there is Liv, Anthony's wife, who is going through her life after losing her husband and is now under the scrutiny of the upper class and feral media alike and lastly 'The Sleuth' a would be online persona who has a passion for solving murders and has set her eyes on Anthony's departure from this world as her big break.

I very enjoy Mackie's writing style, she made me REALLY hate these characters (and I mean REALLY) but then still want to know what was going on and caring enough to keep reading. It was a fast paced, fun read and one that I honestly would recommend picking up! I appreciate maybe her writing isn't for everyone, How to Kill Your Family seemed to be a very marmite book but I was firmly in the enjoyed side and I am also with this one!

Thanks so much to netgalley and the publisher for the ARC! (took me a little why to get to it...oops)

This book was enjoyable but I didn’t find the characters as compelling as I expected to. I did find it to be an intriguing read and I wanted to keep reading to find out more.

Ooh I loved this!! I'd heard such good things about Bella Mackie, so I was excited to read this, and it didn't disappoint. Razor sharp writing and characterisation, along with a gripping plot, make this a fine addition to the growing selection of great psychological thrillers written by women, I would highly recommend it!