Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

172 reviews

addisonrutherford09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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 book was amazing. I've never read any sort of murder mystery or crime novel before and this book was incredible. I must admit, I read this book in a matter of a day and a half and stayed up much to late reading it. 
First of all, I really loved how this book was written with Pip's journal/notes making up a large part of the writing. The way the book was narrarated was incredibly real and nothing about the characters, setting or plot felt fake or forced at all. 
Second of all, the plot twists and writing through out the novel gave me shivers multiple times. It was scary at times and I loved it!
This book was not slow at all amd as I mentioned before, it had me from the first page till the end, which did not disappoint.
I definitely would recommend this book to anyone, regardless of their experience with murder, crime or mystery novels! It's amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Addiction, Drug use, Vomit, Bullying, Cursing, Stalking, and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Grief, Hate crime, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, and Emotional abuse

jojothefool's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I felt like the end was a little clunky and just very

“oh no you caught me I did it here’s my whole plan and story laid out bit by bit” which just doesn’t seem realistic I guess?? Like unless it’s the cops questioning you? Idk. I was also a bit I guess disappointed in Pip after what happens with Barney I thought she’d be super pissed and use it like a revenge moment instead of stopping the investigation. I guess I read her character wrong? She just seemed very steadfast and headstrong with everything else, it was weird for her to suddenly stop I think

overall a very fun and entertaining time however 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Murder, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Racism, Animal death, Rape, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Minor: Self harm

There are no explicitly described rape scenes, but drugged rape is discussed and brought up throughout the novel

pianokeys's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Cursing, Bullying, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Fatphobia, Rape, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicide, Death, Child death, Grief, Alcohol, Murder, Death of parent, Car accident, Sexism, Body shaming, Addiction, Animal death, Racism, and Mental illness

poisonviolet's review against another edition

mysterious sad

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Murder, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

beenie_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Animal death, Suicide, Murder, Bullying, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Self harm

rosietoesies's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Stalking, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Violence, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, Car accident, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Bullying

Minor: Self harm

swimmerreaderforlife's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Hate crime, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, Child death, Bullying, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

booksplsandthanku's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

Ok……. I LOVEDDDD this!

It really pulled off the fast-pacedness well….. but I felt like the author could’ve left some room for character development (like SHOWING it instead of telling….. felt like the emotions of the moment could’ve been more described in some places; the romance kind of snuck up on me….. but I FELT it coming - so as long as it’s more described in the next books, I’ll be fine)

5.25🌟 (second on all-time fave bookshelf, after TCP)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Racism, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Rape and Eating disorder

Not THAT noticeable for some things…. (Some characters are racist - but not the main ones) Note: it has a lot of talk of death and murder (talking of HOW people were murdered)

kyriannaj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Blood, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Death of parent

priscillarobock's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Bullying, Death, Suicide attempt, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, and Drug abuse