Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

113 reviews

katerinamckenna's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Addiction, Racism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Child death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Drug use, and Rape

juliaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

I LOVED THIS BOOK. i wanted to read it as soon i found out they were going to make it a series, im just mad i read it this late.
anyway, the suspense is so good that you cant put the book down and i cried when her dog died

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Suicide, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Stalking

Moderate: Dementia

allymsm215's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Racism, Death of parent, Self harm, and Stalking

insanelyfruity's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

pipravi have my heart <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, and Drug use

giannanm's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

This was an exciting read from beginning to end, and that ending was AMAZING. I couldn’t put it down and finished it in one day. Took me out of a reading slump for sure. Constantly kept me guessing who it was gonna be. The only thing I didn’t really like was some of the dialogue (but that’s just me, it’s typical YA stuff) and I can’t say I got super attached to any of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Animal death, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was a fantastic read! Holly Jackson masterfully wove in foreshadowing and red herrings into the story. Even with big twists, the characters were so well fleshed out that the twists didn't feel like they came out of nowhere.  Jackson does a great job making the characters and place feel very real. She creates a diverse cast of characters that I feel like I could meet on any street or at any high school event.

Ravi and Pip's friendship and then relationship was adorable. They're both very funny. I adore that once his brother was exonerated, he brought his parents to meet her, and that their families are close. Josh loving Ravi before he started dating Pip was a good set up to show the two getting together eventually.
Setting up Naomi's mental illness and then showing her father to be similarly unstable but to a greater degree, and him using her diaries as a way to learn information was a really interesting twist. I really wanted Mr. Ward to be innocent.
I was destroyed by Barney's death. His relationship with Pip and Josh is part of what made her so real. Her dancing with Barney and making up little songs about him was adorable and relatable.
I really thought H.H. was going to be the killer, and that it was the B&B owner's son. Maybe it'll come back up in later books, because I still don't think H.H. is Howie's House.

This book managed to embody elements from both the small town cozy genre and quintessential murder mysteries. I highly recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Drug abuse, Grief, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Dementia and Animal death

Minor: Fatphobia

lozzo_bozo's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Rape, Infidelity, Grief, Fatphobia, Death, Bullying, Vomit, Murder, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Suicide, Racism, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

tirritirri_reads's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Bullying, Gaslighting, Animal death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Rape, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Blood, Death, Suicide, Child death, and Eating disorder

ong's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

If I were a critic, I'd say Pippa is a contradictory of her own description of personality. Smart, bright, 'good' girl, yet she lacks common sense, or rather just has no sense of danger whatsoever, despite being an avid true crime podcast listener. One might say it's because her need to prove herself. I both love & hate that it keeps me guessing, and when I felt like I know for sure what actually happened, it just crashed all my theories.
But because I'm just a normal reader, and I rate books based on how much I enjoyed them, I'm giving this 9/10⭐. Couldn't put it down, delayed days of sleep to read more chapters. Can't wait to read the next one. If not for the plot, for Ravi Singh. (& Salil Singh)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Racism, Death, Grief, Murder, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Self harm

Minor: Vomit and Eating disorder

bealittlebrave's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Racism, Kidnapping, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Drug use