Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

323 reviews

rotem_rose's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious 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

Great book for someone looking to get into murder mysteries/ crime novels and such.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Vomit, Car accident, Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Stalking, and Racism

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic friendship, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

jadarchive's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

LOVED LOVED LOVED!!!! finished it in a day and immediately bought the next 2 in the series 100% recommend this book. it’ll get you right out of your reading slump 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Stalking, Vomit, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Racism

Minor: Cancer

pearly_2008's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

The ending was just. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Suicide, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Drug use

The plot is about andie who was found DEAD and her bf Sal who committed suicide after killing her

wich isn't trueeee

and there's the chapter where there's an animal death

barney's death 😭

and there's some chapters where rape is mentioned

bcs of the jerk max

and there's chapters where drug was mentioned and not used

amortentiaa's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

i love holly jackson

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, and Murder

teawitchontravel's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Cursing, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Death, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Rape, Addiction, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Sexism, Death of parent, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Personally didn't like it. Idea was good execution wasn't and characters (especially mc) were annoying and stupid.

nikita_edu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking and Murder

gems_bookdiary's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

This kept me on the edge of the seat the whole time. I loved the inclusion of the interviews in dialogue form. Highly recommend ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Suicide, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Rape

rosenau's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Rape, Car accident, Confinement, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Body horror, and Child death

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

Fun and tense mystery novel. Definitely a darker YA book with mentions of some heavy topics, all within the scope of a murder mystery. Felt inspired by the Seriel Podcast and other murder podcasts with its unique writing techniques. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Stalking

Moderate: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Torture, Dementia, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Cancer, Blood, and Classism