Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

405 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

alexkris's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Drug use, Death, Blood, Bullying, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault and Car accident

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Body shaming, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Drug use, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Sexual assault, Grief, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, and Racial slurs

keayra_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Rape

Minor: Racism

karlin0336's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Ending was action-packed and left me intrigued enough that I might eventually read the next book, but it took me over half the book to really get into it.  Some parts were pretty dark too (content warnings are the most I can do without completely spoiling it --- it was just overall a very tense and very sad read at times).  Plot twists surrounding the investigation were fun, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Vomit

Minor: Kidnapping, Suicide, and Death of parent

gaymoonreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Drug abuse, Animal death, Alcohol, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

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

bboyshow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

It's the first book in the trilogy and I really liked it. Even though I found out the killer before hand, still the book was great. I would highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Sexual assault, Rape, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Blood, Alcohol, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Bullying

morgan_rudderow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Grief, Murder, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Dementia, Hate crime, Rape, Vomit, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Death of parent, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, and Suicide

duckizza's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful informative 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: Murder, Animal death, Violence, Vomit, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Minor: Body shaming, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping