Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

72 reviews

nicole134340's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

ugh, so good
i could rate this lower based on some moments/things but I enjoyed it too much to do that
tried to guess the killer, failed embarrassingly lol

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Car accident, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Body shaming

safety_pin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Grief, Death, Murder, Stalking, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, and Mental illness

elkontherun's review against another edition

• 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: Suicide, Murder, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, and Car accident

jodyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Car accident, Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

felixelagabiere's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

tstar21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

I read this in 2 days and stayed up all night reading it. Absolutely could not put it down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

cosette_w's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Drug abuse

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring 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? No

5.0

This was everything I wanted from a YA/NA murder mystery. I loved Pip and definitely felt kinship with her (in an overachiever way). Even though she is more of a vehicle for the narrative, I think she had enough personality leak through to show who she was and what mattered to her.

The mystery itself wrapped up nicely, in my opinion. Several people were connected to both Andie and Sal, enough for there to be crossover and various suspects. Though not all of them were connected to the actual disappearance, they still lead Pip and Ravi to the right answers. 

I figured out about Becca's assault/rape earlier in the book, but didn't think Becca was as involved as she turned out to be. Likewise, I thought Mr. Ward would be more involved, but I'll take the win at figuring out his connection to her. There are still a lot of unanswered questions about Fairview, the da Silva siblings, Howie's drug ring, Max's assault crimes, and reporter Stanley Forbes' racism and maybe blackmail payments -- all of which in hoping will be featured in future books.

tl;dr this is an amazing book focused on the crime, not teen drama, and is wrapped up nicely while still giving the author room to write in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

aanderson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

_malia_pt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Suicide