Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Przewodnik po zbrodni według grzecznej dziewczynki by Holly Jackson

1828 reviews

sophieprime's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

alycnsuha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm going to read the continuing of this later but so far I'm loving this! such a good quick read and the plots is interesting. love the plot twist at the end. idk about anyone else but I had no idea who could be the real mder, like srsly I was shocked. this book got me reaaaallllyy hooked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

swimmerreaderforlife's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Hate crime, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, Child death, Bullying, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

kayla_hehe's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I wouldn’t necessarily suggest this book to anyone, I wouldn’t read it again, but I didn’t totally hate it. The whole premise was so unrealistic, and I don’t know a single public high school in America that would have a capstone project to graduate. There were moments where I was like oooh ok I like where this is going but the author would wrap that storyline up in the next chapter and move on from it entirely. Just overall felt forced and unrealistic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Suicide, and Dementia

mnm_2005's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

Has an incredible message!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, Addiction, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Racism

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book, I loved reading Pip's production log entries and seeing the different forms of media printed in the book, like the transcripts, the text messages and the emails. Although some of them were quite risky, I think in doing so Pippa was able to investigate the case thoroughly and also uncover the actual killer of Andie Bell

as well as the killer of Sal, lowkey suspected that Elliot was involved in the case but I didn't think he would actually kill Sal!! I was mind blown that he was the older guy and he would something like that to someone his daughter's age!! Like he literally used the car accident (THAT HE READ FROM HIS DAUGHTER'S DIARY????) to literally blackmail Sal's friends into retracting their statements about Sal that could have proven his innocence in order to 'protect' himself and his daughters?? Bro literally traumatised his eldest daughter because of that, and he literally KIDNAPPED a random girl so that he could make himself feel better?? Poor girl was traumatised and lost so many years of her life???

Moving on, I liked being in Pip's head and watching her figure out the connections between everyone involved, and seeing her reveal things to life was actually crazy! Like the case turned in so many directions and I could not even guess

that there were TWO murderers and literally Max literally SAed girls at calamity parties and how Becca fit in the whole equation? Idk what Jason Bell can say about him saying that Andie 'was' instead of 'is', and I wanted Pip to interview him about it

There were so many leads in this case and so many were used in the end, but I also wanted to know more about other leads

like Jason Bell's words and also about the Da Silvas

I'm also so sad that

Becca literally killed Barney, even if she may have 'accidentally' done it but still, why you gotta kidnap her dog?? and literally let him die??

I quite enjoyed seeing Ravi and Pip's friendship blossom and them get closer and also Pip helping Ravi and his family get accepted by the community instead of always being looked down on or being looked at in disgust. I really liked the way that the author wrote the book, instead of it being just Pip going I'm literally so good I can solve it, but instead also having moments where she starts doubting her abilities and whether she should risk it all for her EPQ. Overall, absolutely loved this book and I'm so glad that I own it and can reread it anytime I want. 10/10 would recommend, and will be reading the rest of the trilogy :))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent and Adult/minor relationship

mrmcfells_bookshelf's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Police brutality, Grief, and Racism

maddamn's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.0

I’ve read too many mysteries so it was predictable to me. What I enjoyed was the way the FMC solved the mystery. It’s from the perspective of a high schooler and it shows, but in a very palatable way. I don’t love the romance they tossed in, but it felt organic even tho it’s slightly weird. I didn’t think it needed a romance at all. It feels like a modern mystery because it utilizes modern media to show how a mystery could (in theory) be pieced together and solved. I won’t be finishing the series, but this book was good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Murder, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Rape and Drug abuse

alyssarules's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape and Drug use

Minor: Animal death

booksplsandthanku's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

Ok……. I LOVEDDDD this!

It really pulled off the fast-pacedness well….. but I felt like the author could’ve left some room for character development (like SHOWING it instead of telling….. felt like the emotions of the moment could’ve been more described in some places; the romance kind of snuck up on me….. but I FELT it coming - so as long as it’s more described in the next books, I’ll be fine)

5.25🌟 (second on all-time fave bookshelf, after TCP)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Racism, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Rape and Eating disorder

Not THAT noticeable for some things…. (Some characters are racist - but not the main ones) Note: it has a lot of talk of death and murder (talking of HOW people were murdered)