Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

230 reviews

murren_wattxx's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

Ever since I started reading again, I've seen this book everywhere, and after putting it off for so long I finally decided to give it a read, and my goodness, I was pleasantly surprised. I'm not really one to label books as "fast-paced", most books are medium to me, however, THIS BOOK was most definitely fast-paced; there was always something going on in every chapter (I really liked that). I also admire the amount of imagery and creativity in terms of format that the book provided. We got maps, a people of interest list, her capstone entries, her phone calls and emails with other people

lowkey wished we got to see the murder board

. Overall, I had a great time reading this book and as an avid adult thriller reader, I really liked it for the genre that it was in. But because I read a lot of thrillers, the ending/twists didn't shock me, but it was still a fun read nonetheless. 

I'm so glad Max got what he deserved in the end. But as for Naomi, I'm still a bit salty that she wasn't charged, but Cara is innocent, and ripping her last known family member away would be awful so I'm going to let it slide. Especially considering I know Naomi probably feels guilty enough, indirectly causing her best friend's death and all.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

missy20's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Really enjoyed this! super easy read and interesting plot to keep you hooked.

The Plot in itself is excellent, super interesting and keeps you captivated and wanting to come back for more!

The only reason it isn’t a 4/4.5 star book for me is the writing. The writing is very basic, a 10 year old could read it(for the most part) and whilst also keeping in mind it is Y/A so language and everything isn’t going to be too complex but i think it still could have been greatly improved.

The writing particularly became a problem for me with the characterisation of Pippa, I really wanted to like her and i can see how to some people she would be a very likeable character but she just annoyed me.

Overall a really easy fun read, just would’ve liked something written a tad better :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Stalking

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Animal cruelty, and Kidnapping

Minor: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

laffi's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Rape

Minor: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

unicorngirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Rape, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Emotional abuse

suhani_paliwal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Animal death

Minor: Cursing, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

aely's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Grief, Death, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Violence, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Dementia, and Child death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Body shaming, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Racism, Misogyny, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Sexual content, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug abuse

aaliyajaensch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

no seriously why kill the dog?? I actually just wanted to stop afterwards, great story but the dogs death was unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal death, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Self harm, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

lunar_witch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Stalking, Bullying, Body shaming, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

kiki_15's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I loved the plot, the characters, the author's style of writing - everything.
It was fun trying to solve the murder before the main characters could but the twists almost always threw me off (though, I'm not complaining, that's what makes a thriller good.) 

This book sent me on an emotional rollercoaster. I was gobsmacked with all the twists. I was holding my breath, clutching my shirt collar when the suspense was building. I couldn't help but smile at the sweet moments, especially between Pip and Ravi. And this is one of the very few books that legitimately made me cry

getting a detailed description of how Sal was murdered. He was the sweetest, kindest person to walk this Earth and he didn't deserve that

Personally, I'd say this book is quite fast paced, it pulls you right in. It is a real page turner. I finished this book in 1 month, 10 days. I know people finish books quicker than that but for a procrastinator like me, that's quite the achievement. 

The few minor issues I had was how the main character was so willing to confront a potential killer, sometimes alone. I also wanted her to just tell someone about the threats she was receiving, though, I can understand the various reasons she'd want to keep that to herself. Furthermore, towards the very end

it's blatantly obvious what Becca is doing with the tea and the tissue, how did the very intelligent Pip, who just solved 2 murders, not suspect her tea would be drugged?!

So that just felt a bit odd and slightly out of character to me, in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Rape, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide, Animal death, Bullying, Self harm, and Body shaming