Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

208 reviews

eclipse_the_bookworm's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This book kept me guessing right until the last page! I couldn’t put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Murder, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Self harm, Addiction, Rape, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent

jen_reads23's review

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Addiction, Vomit, Rape, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Sexual violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Self harm

goldenjoy's review

dark tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Death, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

♡ Cold Case 

♡ Small Clues

♡ Murder Board

The plot was a bit cliché but entertaining enough.  It is unfortunate that the US edition had so much edited out, there are just moments that feel skipped over or some parts that seem missing general.  But in the end it was a good story.

I loved the formatting of this book, all the extra details like the schedules, text messages, were all formatted nicely.  It was an entertaining to read, it had twists and turns, an unlikely friendship, a killer hiding in plain sight, and a school project that turned into solving a murder.

Spice Level: n/a

POV: Third Person

Release Date: 05, January 2021

Rep: BIPOC (Main Character and Side Characters), Lesbian (Side Character)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Grief, Death, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Vomit, Child death, Car accident, Cursing, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Dementia, Suicide, and Rape

bluvlvt's review

dark emotional funny 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: Drug abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Stalking, Kidnapping, Blood, Self harm, and Alcohol

ezrahattrick's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Animal death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Kidnapping, Grief, Rape, Vomit, and Adult/minor relationship

kdog02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Bullying, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

SALS FRIENDS ARE PUNKS!!

The ending of the book was crazy and nothing could of prepared me for it. It’s a wild ride, that will keep you guessing until the very end.

a_l_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.75

personal review notes:

C 8/10
A 7/10
W 6/10
P 8/10
I 7/10
L 5/10
E 6/10

-> 6.7/10
->  3 stars

• C: the characters were well described & memorable, there were just a whole lot of relevant side characters, so that i lost track of who some of them were. 
• A: was good, nothing outstanding 
• W: i found it a bit confusing that it was in third person, but also a lot in first person when pippa wrote her epq 
  in the beginning the writing style felt very much for children. but overall i felt it was a great mix between being suitable for teens as well as adults.
• P: at first i wasn't so sure if i liked it, but in the end the plot twists did really surprise me. sometimes there were things that were clear too me much before pippa caught them, for example when it was mentions, that naomi is now using a pre paid sim card because her phone is broken, that instantly rang all alarm bells for me but pippa didn't think anything of it till much later. on the other hand there were things i didn't catch at all until pippa mentioned them.
• I: at first it dragged a tiny bit and the writing style bothered me a bit. in the end i was really intrigued though.
• L: as mentioned above, something there were super obvious things, that pippa missed & sometimes she connected things that i wouldn't have seen her result as a logic conclusion. but over all there wasn't a big hole in the logic, that would have bothered me.
• E: i enjoyed this book more than i thought i would, but in the end, it is a book for teens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Suicide, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Bullying, Drug use, and Animal death

zojbean's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

*US edition of the audiobook, wished I listened to the british one but alas*
Really liked the audio production and was kind of fun to read but sighhhhh I just could not look past how ridiculous and unbelievable a lot of it was (which is to be expected, the book is about a 17 year old solving a murder lol). When the reveal happened I thought it was kind of comical how the perpetrator explained everything in such great detail to our main character for no reason. But the story did get a bit darker than I thought it would for a YA book, which was unexpected. In conclusion, if you can get it from your library, do that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Animal death, Self harm, and Rape

k_elliott's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Animal death, Drug use, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, and Sexual assault