Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

233 reviews

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

imogen2012's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Rape, Racism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

apaolillo24's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

katerinamckenna's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Addiction, Racism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Child death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Drug use, and Rape

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Confinement, Cursing, Alcohol, Murder, Grief, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Racism

juliaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I LOVED THIS BOOK. i wanted to read it as soon i found out they were going to make it a series, im just mad i read it this late.
anyway, the suspense is so good that you cant put the book down and i cried when her dog died

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Suicide, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Stalking

Moderate: Dementia

melonque's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Grief, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Addiction, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, and Self harm

caitlineliza's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Confinement, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Kidnapping, Body shaming, and Drug use

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Self harm

orphicoups's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Kidnapping, Racism, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault