Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

446 reviews

sarahangeline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Grief, Bullying, Body shaming, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Self harm

duckizza's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful informative mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Violence, Vomit, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Minor: Body shaming, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

rosietoesies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Stalking, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Violence, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, Car accident, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Bullying

Minor: Self harm

isabelvegga's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The book has a trigger warning that I normally avoid so it made me cry and not feel good, but apart from that, for me, it is perfect. 
I loved it. I loved the plot, I loved Pip, I loved Ravi, I loved it❤️❤️❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Blood

Minor: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

swimmerreaderforlife's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Hate crime, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, Child death, Bullying, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

robbi22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit, Xenophobia, and Drug abuse

kyriannaj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Blood, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Death of parent

l3t1c1a's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I’ll start with the good. First of all, kisses to Holly Jackson for her first book being pretty damn good. The ending was satisfying for the most part. The hints towards the next course of action were well written (to the point where i could guess what conclusion we will be coming to next). As a character, Pip is very distinct. She has a clear voice in this story which is really good seeing as she is the protagonist. At some instances though, it seemed like her logic was inconsistent with what “she knows” thus far. It read as if her new leads and conclusions were just tools to progress the plot with no deeper connection to the actual story. Also, some characters felt like unnecessary additions (most of all, Josh). And the scenes where we get to see the family dynamics of Pip’s family were not very useful. From her character alone and the instances where they intervene subtly during scenes that do not center around them, we can understand the dynamics of her family and get the hint about them being a pretty functional family. However, other families’ dynamics would have been a lot more interesting (the Bells which does appear briefly, the Singhs who are dealing with the loss of their “alleged murderer” son). Also the conversations between the teenagers felt very scripted and unnatural at times. I get that Pip is this supernerd but regardless she is a person. I got second-hand embarrassment from reading some of that dialogue. Another thing, that spur of the moment relationship was so frustrating: would’ve rather taken a sprinkle of the rohypnol pills in my tea than a sprinkle of the romance in my murder mystery book. It was way too quick and out of nowhere and unnecessary. There are a lot of little things like that that I wish were cut out. Regardless, there were memorable moments in this book and Ravi easily became one of my favorite characters from the get-go. I really appreciated the different methods Pip would go about solving this case; it was really successful in creating interest while basically doing the same thing: chasing a lead. The book starts off so strongly but it drags on for a while. It’s a slower pace than I expected. Thanks for reading this. I’m pouring my thoughts out here, waiting for my friends to finish reading this. I might add something later when I figure out the spoiler warning thing though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Animal death

Minor: Self harm and Adult/minor relationship

ashley_dreaming's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, Islamophobia, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Racism, Alcohol, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Grief, and Hate crime

priscillarobock's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Bullying, Death, Suicide attempt, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, and Drug abuse