Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

40 reviews

dixiecarroll's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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

4.0

Very excellent YA thriller. I clocked the killer pretty early on and one twist BUT it was still riveting and so fun. I downloaded it to keep me busy while running and then I went and barreled through it far too quickly. There are A LOT of trigger warnings - I’m tagging them all on StoryGraph

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Bullying, Dementia, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Self harm, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Hate crime, Rape, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

lacysribbons's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Violence, Drug use, Bullying, Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Murder, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, and Vomit

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Child abuse

ellarae0111's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Kidnapping, Blood, Sexual violence, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Outing, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Rape, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Medical content, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

bella_t_16's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death

amusicals's review

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide, and Gore

murren_wattxx's review

adventurous funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

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

espookita's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

Pretty Little Liars meets Serial in this attention-gripping thriller. I am a huge fan of murder mysteries and I could not put this down. I’m much less a fan of true crime, and I do believe this does a great job to exemplify exactly why some issue exist with true crime and what problems arise when you open that can of worms you probably weren’t bargaining for when impersonating an investigative journalist or detective. That being said, I loved this book. I had a ball reading it. I was trying to figure out the killer, looking this way, that way, and I thought it was very creative. The apprehension had me at the edge of my seat with each chapter. If you’re a fan of a good mystery that is not too heavy on the gore, this is the one for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Gore, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Rape

Minor: Car accident and Self harm

molly_love's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

I cried, laughed, smiled and scowled all at the same book and then went straight onto the next book after it, it was just that good. I had heard many amazing things about this book, but had never picked it, not thinking I would enjoy it as I don't normally read murder mystery and thrillers. But boy was I wrong this was definitely one of my favorite books this year maybe even to this day. Completely loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Murder, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Vomit, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Rape

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