Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

19 reviews

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

savreads28's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Addiction, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Stalking

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

aely's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Grief, Death, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Violence, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Dementia, and Child death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Body shaming, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Racism, Misogyny, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Sexual content, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug abuse

lunar_witch's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Stalking, Bullying, Body shaming, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

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

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, Confinement, Grief, Animal death, Child death, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Body shaming

Minor: Medical content, Incest, Dementia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

pinkupengu's review

dark funny mysterious sad 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? No

4.25

One of my favorite murder mysteries I’ve read. Had a traditional twist but I liked how it also leaned into the tropes often found in true crime moreso than murder mysteries. Examples like martyring the white girl, blaming the brown person, police negligence, and communities being ruined. Definitely need to read the other two because I need to know how the loose ends come together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Fatphobia, Murder, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Dementia, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Hate crime, Medical content, Self harm, and Car accident

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

This was an incredible book. The characters and the plot line were so incredibly well planned and executed. I watch and read a lot of crime based shows, movies and books and often find myself working out the ending way before I reach it but with this, there were so many options and twists that I found myself guessing over and over again as the plot developed. 

The audiobook only added to my reading experience with this book as it is a full cast audiobook but it also has phone calls as actual phone calls, when Pip is reading from her case notes, you can hear the movement of paper, when she records conversations, you can hear the equipment whirring and beeping etc. The audiobook was a fully immersive experience and it was brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Stalking, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Rape