Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

854 reviews

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

isabelvegga's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The book has a trigger warning that I normally avoid so it made me cry and not feel good, but apart from that, for me, it is perfect. 
I loved it. I loved the plot, I loved Pip, I loved Ravi, I loved it❤️❤️❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Blood

Minor: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

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

kayla_hehe's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I wouldn’t necessarily suggest this book to anyone, I wouldn’t read it again, but I didn’t totally hate it. The whole premise was so unrealistic, and I don’t know a single public high school in America that would have a capstone project to graduate. There were moments where I was like oooh ok I like where this is going but the author would wrap that storyline up in the next chapter and move on from it entirely. Just overall felt forced and unrealistic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Suicide, and Dementia

mnm_2005's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Has an incredible message!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, Addiction, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Racism

maddamn's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.0

I’ve read too many mysteries so it was predictable to me. What I enjoyed was the way the FMC solved the mystery. It’s from the perspective of a high schooler and it shows, but in a very palatable way. I don’t love the romance they tossed in, but it felt organic even tho it’s slightly weird. I didn’t think it needed a romance at all. It feels like a modern mystery because it utilizes modern media to show how a mystery could (in theory) be pieced together and solved. I won’t be finishing the series, but this book was good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Murder, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Rape and Drug abuse

ursdayanaa's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

JUSTICE FOR BARNEY!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Drug use

Minor: Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Animal death

the_cute_shadowy_one's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

I really loved this book. 
First of all it's a great mystery thriller. The twists are great. Nothing is too off-wall. You can follow along with the clues given. 

Secondly I love all of the characters. Even the villains both made me be disgusted by their actions while being able to feel that they were a person. The main characters family are an absolute delight. It's lovely and refreshing to have a teenage school going character who family are a part of her life and that she has a host of friends that she regularly meets and hangs out with. 
The characters actions make sense. There's no moment where I thought "for the love of God really!?"

There's humour and warm humour throughout the book. Dialogue between teenagers that actually feels like a teenager would say that. 

While also it deals with dark topics in a serious way and in a more grown up way then many adult thrillers I've read. There's more respect paid to the victims and the people effected in the town. 

A lovely fun read, with good suspense and drama. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent

pri_lakshmi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Bullying, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, and Child abuse

Minor: Cancer

austinrawr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Body shaming