Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

677 reviews

ellagant's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

This was really fun, but I felt like the ending required a little too much suspension of disbelief. It was so crazy and layered. I definitely think that I will continue this series though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Rape

shoshi824's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Bullying, and Body shaming

pulchritudinous_panda's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder was a fabulous book of obsession and mystery. My only complaint was that end was a little disappointing, but even that was because I was hoping from the start that it would be going in a slightly different direction.

i also hated that they killed the dog! Like why??

The book was super captivating and I was constantly making new theories and updating old ones. While not the best book I've read, I would certainly recommend it to anyone even slightly interested. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking and Drug use

lriveraf22's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Loved the book. It kept me hooked the ENTIRE time. Trying to plot out the murder as they did was so fun. The balance between revelation and character build was quite nice.

It only gets points off because of the ending. The love story between Ravi and Pippa felt rushed and weird. Age gap is old, how they developed felt odd… it felt to far-fetched for me. But maybe that’s what book #2 is all about…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Drug use, Death of parent, Animal death, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Violence, and Mental illness

hevered56's review

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and Rape

lazulisky's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Violence, Suicide, Animal death, Sexual assault, Racism, Murder, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Grief

vanderyle's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual assault, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, and Drug use

em_no_el30's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Self harm, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Racism

rachelefelli's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

shannonharper_x's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

I'm desperate to start the second book! The twists and tension in this book kept me so on edge and  it was so fun to follow along in the investigations and piece together the clues myself. Even then, the constant twists and turns of new information was unexpected and rerouted my train of thought!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Animal death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and Dementia