Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Asesinato Para Principiantes by Holly Jackson

102 reviews

hschlecht's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder

mollymoo1234's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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This book is amazing the plot just never sits still and the characters are so believable and unique and I just loved it , however for some people this may be very triggering but if you do decide to read it I’m sure you’ll enjoy the story xx 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

zeynus's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

folklore_13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I really loved this book, only thing that was bad was the use of the phrase “holy pepperoni”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A Nancy Drew/ Veronica Mars style murder mystery in a small sleepy English town where everyone knows everyone and hiding a secret is hard.
  
When Pippa decides to do a school project on the mysterious death of a local teen from five years ago, she finds that her questions won't go unanswered quietly or safely. 
  
Together with the alleged killer's brother, Ravi, Pippa delves into a quest that will leave her and her loved ones lives be changed forever. 
  
Holly Jackson starts this series off with a bang with this book. Using different styles to tell the story (diagrams, transcripts) the characters develop a depth and personas that really get the reader involved.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Terminal illness

elliizzzabeth's review against another edition

4.0

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

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Decent murder mystery. As a fan of the genre, some of the clues felt a little obvious and it was very easy to tell where a lot of things were leading. As soon as Pip went over the case at the start, I could guess several points straight away such as

Sal definitely not commiting suicide, Naomi being more involved than she let on and that Sal's friends were lying about him leaving early.

I also guessed a lot of parts of the final solution, but not the whole picture so it was still a good twist. 

I did feel that Mr Ward's part felt a little unrealistic. The bit about him keeping the girl in the attic felt completely unnecessary and maybe a step too far? You could have removed it completely and it would have been just the same.

Pip was not the most lovable protagonist, but I didn't hate her. Ravi was the real stand out though, he was very sweet and the two had good chemistry. 
It was fun and a good mystery, but I don't think it was anything particuarly stand out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent

Big TW for Animal death, particuarly death of a pet

hafsa08's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment

alicia_g's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

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This book was really good, I liked it a lot!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Murder

hannah_118's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide