Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

604 reviews

natalienicholas's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

I thought this was just going to be an easy peasy young adult read for my holiday... but boy was I wrong. The suspense really hooked me and it was way more intense than I thought it would be! Glad I read it, it turned out to be smart, scary, and almost fully believable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

emariesi's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

ellanarose's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

This was incredible. I don't often read thrillers, but this drew me in and would not let go. I stayed up until 3am to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

brownwall268's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.5

I first watched the TV show (which spurred me to then read the book) and this was no disappointment! I liked it a lot and I enjoyed the notable differences and added depth that came with the book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Violence

d_a_rehman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racism, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse and Rape

theatrenerd_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

WHAT! Plot twist after plot twist after frickin plot twist.

I originally only got halfway through this. I restarted it and read it in a day. SO GOOD. What else needs to be said?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

ddemakeas's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.5

Must say I LOVE this book— truthfully, the story concluded in a beautiful way, and each turn and twist that Jackon wrote kept me engaged until the end. I didn’t know who the killer was until the end, but Pip was the mastermind who kept me going from one red string to the next. Can’t wait to read the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

kayyylaaareaadsss's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

  YOOOO this book was so GOOD! The characters the plot MWAH I love how the book made you feel for Sal. He was a kind soul and didn't deserve anything that happened to him. Becca and Andie they can never made me hate you!!!! Fuck you Max. Pip and Ravi I love you 5 stars <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Rape and Self harm

mlv97's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

THE DOG DIES

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Dementia

tigerkittycag's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was very good and well written but I have to give it a 2 star rating. This is because the murder  was too disturbing and I don't think I am going to read another murder mystery but I do recommend it if you can handle murder scenes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, and Death of parent