Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

783 reviews

ro_lux's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Suicide, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

melaniegrace91's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

nicksalex's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

briab680's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious sad 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: Death and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Rape

Minor: Cursing

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

itsmemiana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

absolutely loved it!!!!

I kept going back and forth between the physical copy and the audiobook (second audiobook I've ever listened to) and I loved it so much!!

I love Pip, she's so relatable. and Raviiiiii omg 🥹

I loved that I was basically trying to solve this mystery with them and tried to even solve it before them but I figured it out basically at the same time as them 😭 even tho I did have my suspicions about one of the characters that I was correct about but I wasn't fully sure (until I was).

this is honestly so good and I can't wait to continue this series!!

and now specifically about the audiobook, i loved it. the only thing I wish was different was Ravi's voice, I wish they had cast him. but it honestly didn't bother me that much because the story was so good.

there were also a few slight differences between the audiobook and my physical copy, like the name of the town. I'm pretty sure the audiobook was set in the US and my physical copy was set in the UK. but then again, it didn't take away from my experience reading.

can't wait for more 🤭❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

restupkin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

This was good. I’m a little worried about saying this but I was underwhelmed. The amount of positive reviews and intense love for this book, did in fact set my expectations very high. Sadly it didn’t live up to the fame for me. FOR ME. Don’t get me wrong the story was interesting, so were the characters. BUT I didn’t feel any strong attachment to any of it. Which surprised me. I felt like this book was for a younger audience? At some times it felt cringey and childish. Even with the strong subject matter. But it is YA so I’m not entirely surprised. 

All in all, it was good. Fun plot with good twists. Enjoyable characters and a nice ending. Just not my favorite read. Which is fine, it was a good like pick me up.

Will I continue the series? I’m not sure. Maybe if the chance ever comes up. But for now it seems unlikely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

wolfst4r's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Drug abuse, Racism, and Rape