Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

O Homicídio Perfeito - Um Guia para Boas Raparigas by Holly Jackson

132 reviews

adorotich's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Kept you on your toes the whole time. The relationships between all of the characters were fascinating. Big slay!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Car accident, Kidnapping, Vomit, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Drug abuse

emma5019's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was a reread of one of my favourite books of all time. I love this story so much, and even though I will never again be able to read it for the first time, not knowing anything about what happens, I still find something new in the story every time I read it.
There are so many twists and turns in this book that it keeps you gripped until the final page, and then you immediately want to read the next book, Good Girl Bad Blood. The characters are developed so well and seem so real, and you root for Pip throughout, feeling the same emotions she does along this rollercoaster. It also helps that I am the same age as Pip, and we are very similar people, so it feels as if I could be right there alongside her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Child death, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death

josxphinchen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Bullying, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Animal death, Body shaming, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Self harm

ayla_smith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

funkaroo12's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.0

The murder mystery good and fast pace, but overall the YA aspect just felt forced and tacky. There was also a lot of poor parenting being presented as good and normal (Pip's father is at one point okay with his daughter going out in a too-short dress to a high school party with alcohol, drugs, etc.) Pip is also incredibly unrealistic as a character and is completely unrelatable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Animal death, Drug abuse, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Kidnapping, Rape, and Child abuse

iriswhatiris's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Grief, Drug use, Cancer, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Rape

aakriti_sharma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book is a piece of perfection...I was literally screaming inside with every tyrn this story took...it will have you had scratch your brain in the middle of the night, just to think what will happen next. For me it was a pure goosebumps read. This is the first pure mystery book I have read, and I am thankful to my past self for adding this book to my TBR. 
I fricking loved this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Child abuse, Blood, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, and Body horror

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Grief, Suicide, Cursing, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Animal death, Bullying, Rape, Vomit, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

bookswithsara8's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Grief, Suicide, and Bullying

Minor: Vomit, Self harm, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a fast-paced young-adult mystery/thriller.  Seeing how they changed it from a book set in England to one here in the states was amusing.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Alcohol, Car accident, Animal death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit