Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

222 reviews

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

faithsbookreads's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I liked this book! I listened to it as an audiobook & this is one of the few audiobooks i’ve really enjoyed so far. They had different voice actors for the characters & I really liked this aspect in comparison to the narrator using different voices for the characters. It was really fast-paced & I just wanted to keep listening! You can definitely tell that this book is a YA book but it was still good to me!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Car accident, Sexual assault, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Death, Rape, Murder, Confinement, Blood, and Animal death

msatomicbomb's review

adventurous funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Rape

Minor: Vomit and Violence

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

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

IT WAS MR WARD I SWEAR I NEVER WOULDVE GUESSED

I would give this book as many stars as I could, all of it goes to Holly Jackson herself, the wonderful author of this masterpiece 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit, Self harm, and Racism

goodboibeefs's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Drug use, Sexual assault, Death, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual violence

auburnbell's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

This is a short book that takes a bit to get off the ground before things start to unravel. I am not a fan of mystery noir where the twists and who-done-it is voluntarily revealed by the main characters. Think cartoon evil villains that waste time telling you every detail of their plan only to be foiled by the hero. The amount of times I yelled “NO ONE WOULD DO THIS” were limitless. Pip was deeply naive until the very end and that’s disappointing. Veronica Mars without any of the moxy, intuition, or crime fighting skill. I finished it because it was quick, not because it was worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Murder

disguisedposer's review

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Rape, Addiction, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

book_bunny03's review

dark lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Rape, Drug use, Death, Sexual assault, and Murder

megangrace's review

dark funny mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Suicide, Murder, Toxic relationship, Grief, Violence, Child death, Sexual violence, Animal death, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Drug use, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Rape