Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

209 reviews

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

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

mfrisk's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.0

I can’t completely decide where I land with this read. I didn’t enjoy it initially as I wasn’t yet attached to the characters. That did change throughout my reading as I got to know Ravi and Pip more and even some of their family and friends. I grew to like them and their relationship. However, I can’t say I loved this book because the premise itself lends itself to incredulity at times and confusion at other times. And the twists felt like they could have worked better in a visual medium but on the page felt a bit flat for me. Something was missing though this was an interesting story overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

heathermarie08's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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: Bullying, Death, Rape, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Body shaming

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Death of parent

frankyreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

dobby_16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, and Murder

lea_wr3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

The book was amazing and there was always something new until the last page GO READ IT!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

itsbumley's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

emma3674's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

Amazing, super intriguing, found it a bit boring at the start

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

maliameiireads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Minor: Rape

captainoliimar's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

I loved this book, I read most of it in one sitting and I was sad when I got to the end. I thought that the premise of the book was super unique and interesting. The way the chapters were laid out with the 'production logs' was really fun and I liked that they weren't just for show and you actually learnt stuff that was relevant to the plot through them. I spent the entire book trying to figure out who the murderer was and I want to reread the book and see how many bits of foreshadowing I can spot now I know the ending. I will say though that

I'm not sure I can forgive the author for killing the dog

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I'm really glad that the writer has more books in this series and I can't wait to get my hands on them!

Characters - 9/10
Atmosphere/Setting - 6.5/10
Writing - 10/10
Plot - 8.5/10
Intrigue - 9/10
Logic - 7/10
Enjoyment - 9/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail