Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

76 reviews

natalie183's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

Minor: Emotional abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Body shaming

karac15's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Stalking

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Racism, and Drug use

Minor: Cancer, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Death of parent

bubbly_lara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

What a fantastisc read! Great story, kept me at the edge of my seat and reading late into the night. Was literally flying through the pages wanting to know how the story unfolded. Had a hunch on some of the revelations, some I did not see coming at all. Also, as German native speaker, I did chuckle immensely at the "That's sausage to me" line 😂 because this is the literal translation of what we say for "I don't care at all". Highly recommend for a fast-paced murder mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

kate001's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide, Bullying, Death, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Car accident, Self harm, Blood, Body shaming, and Cancer

huntress's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Drug use, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death of parent, Dementia, Fatphobia, Grief, Sexual violence, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Body shaming, and Bullying

josxphinchen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Bullying, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Animal death, Body shaming, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Self harm

iriswhatiris's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Grief, Drug use, Cancer, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Rape

ari_wolffs's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Rape, Car accident, and Confinement

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Fascinating, but perhaps not the genre for me. I don't have any umbridge with the way it was written; rather, I realized that when reading it I don't like the whole premise. The idea of a teenager poking into a murder/suicide investigation and solving it makes me.... uncomfortable. So I will probably not be reading more stuff like that, but if you do like that, then this is probably a great book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Suicide, Death, Violence, Car accident, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Sexism, and Child abuse

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Rape, and Dementia

gothmiku's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Racism, Rape, Addiction, and Xenophobia

Minor: Dementia, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Misogyny, Infidelity, Self harm, Chronic illness, and Confinement