Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

7 reviews

ong's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

If I were a critic, I'd say Pippa is a contradictory of her own description of personality. Smart, bright, 'good' girl, yet she lacks common sense, or rather just has no sense of danger whatsoever, despite being an avid true crime podcast listener. One might say it's because her need to prove herself. I both love & hate that it keeps me guessing, and when I felt like I know for sure what actually happened, it just crashed all my theories.
But because I'm just a normal reader, and I rate books based on how much I enjoyed them, I'm giving this 5⭐. Couldn't put it down, delayed days of sleep to read more chapters. Can't wait to read the next one. If not for the plot, for Ravi Singh. (& Salil Singh)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Racism, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Rape, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Self harm, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Eating disorder

inkandbooksforever's review

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

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

5.0

This book was really great! It was so fun to read and it so easy to loose track of time while reading. The special style and formatting with the notes and log entries added to the realism. I think the 3rd person narration was what enhanced the writing style and my expectations were exceeded. I thought it would be similar to One of Us is Lying but it was much better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

andrews_09's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

you would never, ever, ever expect the ending.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Murder, Self harm, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Child death, Bullying, Blood, Medical trauma, Infidelity, and Adult/minor relationship

esophagus18's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i really liked this book, it was really well done and i like that it was mostly not predictable

i did not expect andie’s sister to have been the killer and especially not for her to try and kill pip too!

one of my few grievances with this book was ravi and pip’s relationship. i thought they had a very nice friendship i just wish it hadn’t had some romantic undertones throughout.

i felt that ravi and pip ending up in a romantic relationship was completely unnecessary. it added nothing to the story and they met when she was 17 and he had graduated high school already which makes it a little icky

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Self harm, Body shaming, Car accident, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

A great YA mystery/thriller! I need to read the next book. Kept me guessing about who actually was the murderer and had a nice wrapup at the end that felt deserved. Certain people def got what they deserved, both good and bad . Was a little slow to start but once the parts start moving, it picks up. There are a few questions left unanswered

(like what was going on with the cop and the reporter? And the reporter and the dealer?)

but the main whodunnit gets answered and that was satisfying enough for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Rape, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Body shaming, Dementia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Racism

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

coffees's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, and Self harm