Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

19 reviews

kelseyr713's review

adventurous dark 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

5.0

Quick read that kept me guessing the whole way through! The mystery is compelling and not as it seems. I definitely want to read the other books in the series and see what’s next for Pip and Ravi. 

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Content warning/slight spoiler: note that the family dog dies via accidental drowning, off page but still upsetting due to the specific circumstances.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Bullying, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Confinement, Suicide, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Body shaming, Car accident, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Rape, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Vomit

maggieed's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual assault, Stalking, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Animal death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Self harm, Death of parent, Car accident, Mental illness, and Medical content

kallio08's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Stalking

Minor: Dementia

bornachoker's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Grief, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Physical abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Vomit

safety_pin's review

adventurous challenging 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Grief, Death, Murder, Stalking, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, and Mental illness

oliviajeggo'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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

ieryka_magic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Car accident, Cancer, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring 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? No

5.0

This was everything I wanted from a YA/NA murder mystery. I loved Pip and definitely felt kinship with her (in an overachiever way). Even though she is more of a vehicle for the narrative, I think she had enough personality leak through to show who she was and what mattered to her.

The mystery itself wrapped up nicely, in my opinion. Several people were connected to both Andie and Sal, enough for there to be crossover and various suspects. Though not all of them were connected to the actual disappearance, they still lead Pip and Ravi to the right answers. 

I figured out about Becca's assault/rape earlier in the book, but didn't think Becca was as involved as she turned out to be. Likewise, I thought Mr. Ward would be more involved, but I'll take the win at figuring out his connection to her. There are still a lot of unanswered questions about Fairview, the da Silva siblings, Howie's drug ring, Max's assault crimes, and reporter Stanley Forbes' racism and maybe blackmail payments -- all of which in hoping will be featured in future books.

tl;dr this is an amazing book focused on the crime, not teen drama, and is wrapped up nicely while still giving the author room to write in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

susiep87's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit