Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

131 reviews

madisonkeough's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

Really enjoyed the pace of the book. Was an easy read that kept my attention and I didn’t want to put it down until I knew the answers. Characters were interesting and weren’t one dimensional.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Grief, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

suhani_paliwal's review

adventurous challenging 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Animal death

Minor: Cursing, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

lnzava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I have mixed feelings! While it’s well written and the plot is intriguing enough, I find it a rip off plots from the TV Show Veronica Mars (amazing show for the first 2 seasons at least) and the True-Crime Podcast Serial. I understand being inspired by them but this feels like a crummy copy. Also I didn’t love how the author who isn’t from the US chooses to set this in CT. Just because American media portrays High Schools, this felt like a knockoff. Plus why bother mentioning characters who aren’t white  - names aren’t enough to have diversity in your book. I would have liked something more about the Indian family or the fact that Pip’s father Victor is originally from the African continent. Ok so what? This seemed lazy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Animal death

lunar_witch's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Stalking, Bullying, Body shaming, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

sydbent21's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Drug use, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent and Kidnapping

Minor: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

varvara12's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Body shaming, Addiction, Drug use, Animal death, Blood, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Dementia, and Fatphobia

katerinamckenna's review

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Addiction, Racism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Child death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Drug use, and Rape

sicilyjoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Kidnapping, Self harm, Murder, Animal death, Racism, and Child abuse

savannahrich's review

adventurous funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Murder, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Toxic friendship

giannanm's review

adventurous 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

4.0

This was an exciting read from beginning to end, and that ending was AMAZING. I couldn’t put it down and finished it in one day. Took me out of a reading slump for sure. Constantly kept me guessing who it was gonna be. The only thing I didn’t really like was some of the dialogue (but that’s just me, it’s typical YA stuff) and I can’t say I got super attached to any of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Animal death, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm