Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

82 reviews

jenndonald's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

lucia_without_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

annawlsnn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Blood, and Dementia

quills4days's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

khloereads86's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This was SO good! Although I figured out loosely the whodunnit side fairly early, I still had a great time seeing it all come together and figuring out the missing pieces. I love books like this for making you think about how it happened, but also about why the characters did what they did. I loved Pip and Ravi, they were so sweet together (even if we don’t really get to see them together). The format with the production logs sometimes made me lose interest a little because I wanted to keep reading the story part, but they were still interesting to see how Pip was piecing things together and gave vital information. I really loved this book and want more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Violence

ellahooper's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

things100's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Death of parent

Wow ok where to start this was my first mystery type book and my first book without any smut in as long as I can remember but wow this book was immaculate I didn’t even miss the lack of romance. This story had my full attention for days I mean I would be thinking about it constantly with all the plot twists and new information. It was fabulously done, it would be a perfect book for a book club because there is just so much going on and so much you could discuss. The story follows Pip a grade 12 doing her capstone projet on a murder that occurred in her town 5 years ago only Pip doesn’t think the so called murder did it. Its a story about a bad ass fmc who doesn’t let anyone tell her what she can or can’t do. She unapologetically in what she does and finding out the truth on what really happened all those years ago and who really was Andie Bell. It written as is the book itself is the capstone journal with text message exchanges and transcripts its very visual which I loved as someone who sometimes needs that extra imagery. I cannot recommend this book enough 100/10, couldn’t put it down. I’m very excited to read the next two books. But to be clear the Andie Bell mystery will be wrapped up at the end of the book so you don’t need to commit to the entire series right away. I hope you love this book as much as I did cuties 🥰.

serendiptii's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ 

I’ll admit I wasn’t too thrilled going into this considering I don’t read too many YA stuff. I seemed to have weaned off it somewhere along the way. But this book really surprised me. This was in a sweet spot somewhere between YA and Adult, which was really what I needed after reading a ton of adult thrillers. 

I was turning pages faster than I was reading them and barely getting anything else done. Whenever I had to peel my eyes away from the book, I found myself thinking of every character in the book as a suspect and the motive they had. 

I loved the cutesy whatever thing going on between Pip and Ravi, it was so sweet and innocent and adorable. 

The repetition of facts a bit annoying; no one wants to read the transcript and then a paragraph under it summarizing what it said. I found it made the book rather longer. I guess it makes sense since it is for an audience that requires 

The ending was spun smartly and it was so layered that you can’t help but marvel at the author’s train of thoughts. I was however stunned by a certain death in the book; really wish the author said “haha JK!” in the end or something. 😕 

But overall, I really did enjoy this book and I can’t wait to devour the rest of the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

readingberry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, Vomit, and Stalking

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I thought this was going to be a predictable book and while I did have some correct assumptions about the ending I was still very shocked to how everything unraveled. This book really left me wanting more Pip and Ravi content so I will be quick to read the sequel. I especially like that they showed the victim for who she really was instead of making her out to be an angel taken too soon. Overall a very interesting read that had me hooked the entire time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Death of parent