Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

1094 reviews

mrmcfells_bookshelf's review

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Police brutality, Grief, and Racism

ursdayanaa's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

JUSTICE FOR BARNEY!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Drug use

Minor: Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Animal death

booksplsandthanku's review

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

Ok……. I LOVEDDDD this!

It really pulled off the fast-pacedness well….. but I felt like the author could’ve left some room for character development (like SHOWING it instead of telling….. felt like the emotions of the moment could’ve been more described in some places; the romance kind of snuck up on me….. but I FELT it coming - so as long as it’s more described in the next books, I’ll be fine)

5.25🌟 (second on all-time fave bookshelf, after TCP)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Racism, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Rape and Eating disorder

Not THAT noticeable for some things…. (Some characters are racist - but not the main ones) Note: it has a lot of talk of death and murder (talking of HOW people were murdered)

marmari's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug use

pri_lakshmi's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Bullying, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, and Child abuse

Minor: Cancer

austinrawr's review

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

emmadobson33's review

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

tonyaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Completely addictive and very fun. I could not put this down!

This reminded me a little of season 1 of Veronica Mars, in the best way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Self harm, Bullying, and Racism

kim_gzt's review

adventurous dark 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

I loved this book! Finally a protagonist in a crime novel who is not dumb and me seeing the plot twist from miles away. I truly didn’t know what happened to Andi Bell and I loved guessing along side Pip and Ravi. The plot really kept me on my toes and I wish I could read it again without knowing what happens. I also thought the entries in between chapters were really smart. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, Death, Rape, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Drug use