Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

521 reviews

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

Ugh, I’m so glad I finally read this after years of it being recommended to me! It 1000% lived up to the hype. I loved the main characters, the fun formatting of the book, the writing, the humour, and the unpredictability of the plot. There were so many moving pieces in the story, and I think the author is a genius for how she made it work out so cleanly. The only reasons it’s not a full 5 stars for me are that (a) Pip can be a bit (very) ridiculously stubborn at times, and (b) I was never pushed to the point of tears or throwing my book. I still loved it and am very happy with the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

keeleyanne24601's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

allyyy18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

erinmasterson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

So clearly a British author writing about an American town/high school. Very awkward dialogue, both intentional and unintentional. So much of it is so unbelievable. The language the characters use (“cheeky” and “fancy” when they’re supposed to be American), the poor attempt at grasping what high schoolers are actually like (what “cool” crowd would call parties “calamity parties” and then apparently forget only 5 years later). Just bizarre to read about high schoolers from the perspective of someone who clearly hasn’t stepped foot outside in several years.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

swimmer120x's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.75

The book overall was good. I had two pet peeves in the book. The first is that the narrator would switch between first and third person point of view, but use the same voice that she did when narrating for Pip in the first-person POV. I feel like if the narrator was going to use a third-person POV to explain a scene, it should have been a different voice from the rest of the characters, including Pip. Each of the characters had their own voices (10+), but yet the third-person POV had to be the same voice as Pip’s. It would have been more enjoyable had the tone been different. The second pet-peeve is that

Becca tried to handle all of the blackmail on her own

Things could have taken a different turn had a teenager not thought that she could have handled everything on her own. Granted, she did a great job solving a murder. But with some things, you’re still a teen; involve your parents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

mariamj's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was so good! I can see why so many people are obsessed with these series and this is only the first book. I did not see the end coming at all! It's a bittersweet commentary about the human condition. I loved every minute of it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Murder

jessicaludden's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

“I think we all get to decide what good and bad and right and wrong mean to us, not what we’re told to accept.”

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, and Car accident

bakerindale's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

An actually gripping and well-crafted murder mystery. A step-by-step walkthrough with no extreme jumps to conclusions and a girl who really needs a nap.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, and Car accident

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

jazlynenns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship