Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Przewodnik po zbrodni według grzecznej dziewczynki by Holly Jackson

240 reviews

chronicloser's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

a fun, quick read with lovable main characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Confinement, and Dementia

missy20's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Really enjoyed this! super easy read and interesting plot to keep you hooked.

The Plot in itself is excellent, super interesting and keeps you captivated and wanting to come back for more!

The only reason it isn’t a 4/4.5 star book for me is the writing. The writing is very basic, a 10 year old could read it(for the most part) and whilst also keeping in mind it is Y/A so language and everything isn’t going to be too complex but i think it still could have been greatly improved.

The writing particularly became a problem for me with the characterisation of Pippa, I really wanted to like her and i can see how to some people she would be a very likeable character but she just annoyed me.

Overall a really easy fun read, just would’ve liked something written a tad better :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Stalking

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Animal cruelty, and Kidnapping

Minor: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

autumne0218's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Blood, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Addiction, Bullying, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Sexual assault, Suicide, Murder, and Stalking

beyourbestshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Animal death

laffi's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Rape

Minor: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

wet_towlette's review against another edition

medium-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

3.75

The beginning is really good and the ending is really good. Other than that, the pacing in the middle was definitely off for me. It took me waaaay too long to finish this 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

rebeccabryson21's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book, I could not put it down. I needed to know what happened next. It was so well written that when you thought you’d figured it out at twist happened and you realised you hadn’t had a clue what really was going on. It was just so fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicide, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Bullying, Stalking, Drug abuse, Death, Rape, and Mental illness

madisonkeough's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Really enjoyed the pace of the book. Was an easy read that kept my attention and I didn’t want to put it down until I knew the answers. Characters were interesting and weren’t one dimensional.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Grief, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

unicorngirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Rape, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Emotional abuse

jackieyvette'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

4.75

This book was a random read to get into the fall feels, and it did not disappoint.
The main characters were the perfect mix of serious and unserious in all the best ways, and even the secondary characters that make up the friends and family of Pippa were perfect. Ravi and Pippa are a perfect pairing, and I can't wait to see what mystery they'll solve next. 
The story itself was a great crime/thriller while still holding onto that YA feeling. I spent the whole time trying to distinguish who to trust and who could have possibly done the crime we didn't even know was actually committed. I'm happy with the ending and found it to be realistic and not super outlandish and convoluted like a lot of murder/crime-centric media usually is. 
And in the midst of reading, I found out it's getting made into a series, so I'll be on the lookout for that. Off to the next Pippa and Ravi adventure.


Crying score: ugh yes

a dog dies

P.S. read the TWs there are a lot, so it is important to be informed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit