Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

130 reviews

bookish_kori's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Bullying, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

janneke2302's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

I loved this book. Can't wait to read the rest of the series and read Pip's next adventures. I think this is the first murder mystery I've ever read, and I definitely enjoyed thinking along with Pip and Ravi to try and figure out what happened

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Car accident

ieryka_magic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

queenbutts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

maxandrambo's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious 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

This was everything I wanted from a YA/NA murder mystery. I loved Pip and definitely felt kinship with her (in an overachiever way). Even though she is more of a vehicle for the narrative, I think she had enough personality leak through to show who she was and what mattered to her.

The mystery itself wrapped up nicely, in my opinion. Several people were connected to both Andie and Sal, enough for there to be crossover and various suspects. Though not all of them were connected to the actual disappearance, they still lead Pip and Ravi to the right answers. 

I figured out about Becca's assault/rape earlier in the book, but didn't think Becca was as involved as she turned out to be. Likewise, I thought Mr. Ward would be more involved, but I'll take the win at figuring out his connection to her. There are still a lot of unanswered questions about Fairview, the da Silva siblings, Howie's drug ring, Max's assault crimes, and reporter Stanley Forbes' racism and maybe blackmail payments -- all of which in hoping will be featured in future books.

tl;dr this is an amazing book focused on the crime, not teen drama, and is wrapped up nicely while still giving the author room to write in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol

ayoaash34's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Meh book. Didn't really capture my attention from the beginning. Good ending progression though. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

wrenxavier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment