Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Meurtre mode d'emploi by Holly Jackson

80 reviews

folklore_13's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

I really loved this book, only thing that was bad was the use of the phrase “holy pepperoni”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Animal death, Bullying, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Racism, Cancer, Rape, Child death, Death, Self harm, Drug use, and Sexual assault

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

A Nancy Drew/ Veronica Mars style murder mystery in a small sleepy English town where everyone knows everyone and hiding a secret is hard.
  
When Pippa decides to do a school project on the mysterious death of a local teen from five years ago, she finds that her questions won't go unanswered quietly or safely. 
  
Together with the alleged killer's brother, Ravi, Pippa delves into a quest that will leave her and her loved ones lives be changed forever. 
  
Holly Jackson starts this series off with a bang with this book. Using different styles to tell the story (diagrams, transcripts) the characters develop a depth and personas that really get the reader involved.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Terminal illness, Confinement, and Cancer

elliizzzabeth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

Decent murder mystery. As a fan of the genre, some of the clues felt a little obvious and it was very easy to tell where a lot of things were leading. As soon as Pip went over the case at the start, I could guess several points straight away such as

Sal definitely not commiting suicide, Naomi being more involved than she let on and that Sal's friends were lying about him leaving early.

I also guessed a lot of parts of the final solution, but not the whole picture so it was still a good twist. 

I did feel that Mr Ward's part felt a little unrealistic. The bit about him keeping the girl in the attic felt completely unnecessary and maybe a step too far? You could have removed it completely and it would have been just the same.

Pip was not the most lovable protagonist, but I didn't hate her. Ravi was the real stand out though, he was very sweet and the two had good chemistry. 
It was fun and a good mystery, but I don't think it was anything particuarly stand out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Big TW for Animal death, particuarly death of a pet

hafsa08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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: Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Drug use, Rape, Animal death, Drug abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

alicia_g's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.75

This book was really good, I liked it a lot!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

hannah_118's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Car accident, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

iaapproved's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Drug abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, and Abandonment

naemianouk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Rape, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

cdubbs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Bullying, Car accident, and Confinement