Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

447 reviews

lavenderprince01's review

dark emotional funny 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

Omg! This book was so good!
When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it and discussing it with my friend who had read it
It was so tense and stressful in the best possible way

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Racism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Animal death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, and Self harm

carlaa_aa's review

lighthearted mysterious tense

• 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, and Death of parent

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

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Grief, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cancer, Rape, Animal death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Death of parent, Self harm, Alcohol, Racism, and Body shaming

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

sjepp's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

This book is bussin. Took me a minute to get into it. I haven’t been on a fiction kick in a hot minute, but I can honest to goodness tell you I was hooked after page 67. When Pip shares her four theories of the murder, I knew I’d finish the book before the day was over

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Medical trauma, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

hootypocket's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Vomit, Animal death, Rape, Death of parent, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Emotional abuse

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

fantastiskfiktion's review

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Gaslighting, Cancer, Vomit, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Body shaming

isaile's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Suicide, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual assault, Bullying, Sexism, and Child death

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Stalking, Violence, Dementia, Racism, and Kidnapping