Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

128 reviews

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

sammybee's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

Amazing!!!! 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Death, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Self harm, and Bullying

Minor: Rape

firelordmomo's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

erinjade_3's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Suicide, Death, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

nikimorr's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I am not a typical thriller book reader, but the hype for this book was enough to draw me in. 

This book was so fast paced, and I found myself wanting to read this every night after work. The focus of the book - the solving of a long lost murder/suicide - was interesting, specifically the details known to the public. It was a unique crime with lots of possibilities for the story to evolve. 

There are short chapters, and the plot is kept succinct to focus on revealing all of the clues to get to the grand finale. To bring it all together, there is a lot of humor thrown in to lighten up an otherwise dark story. I found it very interesting that the author is clearly British or English (the language used is often not the American version) but still chose to write with a setting in Connecticut. 

It is written very much for the younger reader - the writing is certainly not life changing.  I appreciate the book for what it was - a fast, quick murder mystery. The story was good, and the ending came together beautifully. I am not blown away, but I definitely wanted to see how it all ended and was not disappointed with the ending. 

The only part of the story I really did not like was the killing of Barney. Any sort of animal harm makes me super emotional. I understand why it was added, but wished it could have been kept out/Barney had been returned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

teganberryyy's review

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Self harm, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Vomit and Bullying

idontknow's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

kristinebennett's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Bullying and Self harm

clynns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Stalking, Drug use, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Racial slurs, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Animal death, Racism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Murder, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt

madreadings's review against another edition

dark 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

ravi singh is the only book boyfriend that matters.  that’s it, that’s the review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Self harm and Sexual assault