Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

820 reviews

alycnsuha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm going to read the continuing of this later but so far I'm loving this! such a good quick read and the plots is interesting. love the plot twist at the end. idk about anyone else but I had no idea who could be the real mder, like srsly I was shocked. this book got me reaaaallllyy hooked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

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

kayla_hehe's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I wouldn’t necessarily suggest this book to anyone, I wouldn’t read it again, but I didn’t totally hate it. The whole premise was so unrealistic, and I don’t know a single public high school in America that would have a capstone project to graduate. There were moments where I was like oooh ok I like where this is going but the author would wrap that storyline up in the next chapter and move on from it entirely. Just overall felt forced and unrealistic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Suicide, and Dementia

mnm_2005's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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

Has an incredible message!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, Addiction, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Racism

joanna77_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Racism

austinrawr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Body shaming

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

hamohero's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

I borrowed the us version from my library but didn't know it so I got super thrown off when everyone was speaking like a brit and then they said they lived in Connecticut.

A super fun mystery with a charming main character. I was able to find out who the killer was pretty early on but was still enraptured by many mysteries unraveling. 

The only things that got me side eying this story is the romance subplot (but it's ya so like, whatever I guess ) and

why didnt mr ward just delete/steal her research when he broke into her room

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Racism, Murder, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit, Rape, and Drug use

emmadobson33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

One of the best murder mystery books I've read! Just when I thought I'd figured it out, there was more information to keep me guessing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Murder, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Animal death

Minor: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Vomit, and Violence

reachingforstardust's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Bullying

Moderate: Car accident, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, and Death of parent