Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

25 reviews

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

tea_kettle's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

the pacing was wacko and a die was annoying but the story was insteresting, i wish the ending was slower paced 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Murder, Blood, Vomit, and Animal death

Moderate: Mental illness, Death, Bullying, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Self harm

rosenau's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Rape, Car accident, Confinement, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Body horror, and Child death

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

sami_kei's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Death, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Minor: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, and Mental illness

booknerdz28's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Bullying, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Vomit, and Body shaming

katerinamckenna's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Addiction, Racism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Child death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Drug use, and Rape

aakriti_sharma's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book is a piece of perfection...I was literally screaming inside with every tyrn this story took...it will have you had scratch your brain in the middle of the night, just to think what will happen next. For me it was a pure goosebumps read. This is the first pure mystery book I have read, and I am thankful to my past self for adding this book to my TBR. 
I fricking loved this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Child abuse, Blood, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, and Body horror

wishyouweresober's review

emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Racism, 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

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Body horror, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Bullying, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Animal death, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction, Terminal illness, Confinement, and Cancer