Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Meurtre mode d'emploi by Holly Jackson

178 reviews

profilernewt07's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

rereading it for the new series, and realizing why I fell in love with the trilogy in the first place. Holly Jackson wrote these characters perfectly, and left me shocked with the plot twist.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

faeriefox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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? No

2.0

I started this book with high hopes. I had heard very good things about it, but was fairly disappointed. It wasn't all bad, but I had enough issues with it that it lowered my rating significantly.

Firstly, the writing style. As a book aimed toward the YA audience, the prose was far too immature, especially for the dark and possibly triggering themes with, such as SH, suicide, and rape. It felt like the book did not take truly seriously and tried to make light of these things. This was my biggest issue, and brought down my rating the most. 

No matter how much I enjoyed the plot, the aforementioned is a huge problem and I hate that anyone could be exposed to that without advance notice. The content warnings on StoryGraph are not thorough enough, and I feel like most of these people who read the book must not have these types of triggers. There is a detailed explanation of how a suicide was allegedly committed, many mentions of rape, an adult-minor relationship, and more.

Also because of this writing style, dialogue felt very forced and unbelievable, and because of this these 17+ year old characters acted and sounded like they were no older than ten. It was really difficult to really fall into the story because of this. The characters were all also very flat and had little to no development throughout the story.

I also felt that most of the solve kind of came out of nowhere, and that there were too many suspects at time during the story; I didn't even really try to figure out what happened because I was quite confused.

All of that being said, there were some good points. The premise was overall interesting, and while I was too confused to actually figure out what happened, I was interested enough to finish the book and hear the solve, especially as I got further in and more invested. The writing quality also improved slightly towards the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

whoever_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

the relationship progression of Ravi and pip is the best thing ever

and also the tension building in the last few chapter make the whole book even better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Death, Addiction, Animal death, Body shaming, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, and Drug use

readwithari's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

Modern Agatha Christie. Didn’t see this twist coming! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Rape, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Death, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Drug use, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Death, and Dementia

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

microbemom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Rape

aysha_blake's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Vomit, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, Child death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Racism, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, and Sexual harassment

maddison20's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Bullying, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Car accident, Death, Dementia, Suicide, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual assault, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Rape, Murder, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Blood, Self harm, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

jessica_lovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Self harm, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

mafelrs's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Self harm, Rape, Blood, Grief, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Vomit, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship