Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

41 reviews

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

joey1914's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, Murder, Vomit, Child death, Drug use, Animal death, Car accident, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Dementia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Rape, and Bullying

adorotich's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Kept you on your toes the whole time. The relationships between all of the characters were fascinating. Big slay!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Car accident, Kidnapping, Vomit, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Drug abuse

josxphinchen's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Bullying, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Animal death, Body shaming, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Self harm

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a fast-paced young-adult mystery/thriller.  Seeing how they changed it from a book set in England to one here in the states was amusing.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Alcohol, Car accident, Animal death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

captainoliimar's review

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

5.0

I loved this book, I read most of it in one sitting and I was sad when I got to the end. I thought that the premise of the book was super unique and interesting. The way the chapters were laid out with the 'production logs' was really fun and I liked that they weren't just for show and you actually learnt stuff that was relevant to the plot through them. I spent the entire book trying to figure out who the murderer was and I want to reread the book and see how many bits of foreshadowing I can spot now I know the ending. I will say though that

I'm not sure I can forgive the author for killing the dog

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I'm really glad that the writer has more books in this series and I can't wait to get my hands on them!

Characters - 9/10
Atmosphere/Setting - 6.5/10
Writing - 10/10
Plot - 8.5/10
Intrigue - 9/10
Logic - 7/10
Enjoyment - 9/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Stalking, Vomit, Racism, Rape, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Dementia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Rape

ecapp221's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide, Drug abuse, Animal death, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

archer_w27's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

there isn’t a content warning for this but people get drugged multiple times throughout this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Suicide, Fatphobia, Racism, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

wishyouweresober's review

emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Racism, and Car accident

annabelreadsandwrites's review

dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Gore, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Grief, and Drug use

Minor: Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Gore, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Torture, Stalking, Racism, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Confinement