Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

365 reviews

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

alice_in_bookland9's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Stalking

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This is a fun little mystery. It is very YA in a way that I would have loved at 16 but a decade later makes me want to scream "talk to a trusted adult." I think it is an engaging story with lots of twists and turns. Curious why it is a series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

alalalal's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

ccoral's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

I only put 4.75 instead of 5 because there some of the topics included are of mature nature, but handled well by Jackson. Jackson weaves many parts together in a way that is congruent and flowing. Happy that I was able to track and figure it out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

sobbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kat42's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

Loved this!!! There were good plot twists, the characters were fun, and I really liked the light romance between Pip and Ravi. I've found myself getting tired of romance that feels shoehorned into books, so this was a welcome surprise. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder was hard to put down, and I flew through it. The incorporation of mixed media was a nice touch. Really the only reason I'm taking half a star off is because

the dog dies.

I also thought

there was going to be something up with the owner of the Ivy House not having amnesia, and her grandson was Henry Hill, so I thought he was going to turn out to be HH, but I was clearly wrong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

abigalelouise12's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

kalefactory's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail