Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

132 reviews

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

ashleysager's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Rape

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, Animal death, Drug use, Death, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cancer, and Child abuse

mushroomfrog's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Kidnapping

rainydayswithbooks's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

A fast-moving story, with surprising twists and turns. Pip is a very likeable protagonist who lightens up the serious subject a little with her funny, dry sayings. The layout of the book is varied with the notes and inserted "evidence". I would never have guessed the ending and was shocked - however, realistically it is very unlikely that all interviewees/suspects always answer Pip's questions more or less openly. The fact that the police could not solve the case is also strange. Reduced purely to the fun of reading, I still think it's a great book that reads quickly and stays interesting :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Drug use, Grief, Death, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Animal death, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

alm_07's review

dark funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, Rape, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child death, Bullying, Eating disorder, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Racism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Grief, Child abuse, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Blood

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Drug use, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gore, Racism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Hate crime, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

heathermarie08's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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: Rape, Death, Bullying, Murder, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Confinement, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Drug use

tiana_king's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

What a wild ride. That’s it. That’s the review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Rape

Minor: Racism, Dementia, and Death of parent

bekiethebanished's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

quinn4's review

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Grief, Murder, Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual assault, Stalking, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, and Bullying