Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Hea tüdruku mõrvaraamat by Holly Jackson

2235 reviews

jenniferropell's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Toxic friendship

ellarae0111's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

plusbian's review against another edition

5.0

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

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This book got me hooked from the first chapter. If Kill Joy was an appetizer and this book was the main course.

This story got me so excited and so intrigued that all I could think about was this - even while at work - and I couldn’t wait to finish it.

I have never read anything by Holly Jackson before Kill Joy and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and I am now a big fan.

She can write about the complexities of life, the ways a person can interact and affect someone else’s life and show the details that will later become relevant to the story.

Just one of those books I wish I could read again for the first time….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Vomit

kiratamara's review against another edition

5.0

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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault

leelaamanda's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder

petra55's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I love Pip so much it's actually concerning.

Man Holly Jackson is just the best at YA mystery nobody does it like her.  Pip and Ravi are the cutest thing ever and

FUCK YOU ELLIOT!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit

Minor: Racism

jenn_a's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Self harm, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Dementia, Abortion

elianneyoung010's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault

hiraeth_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I don't think I've read this kind of YA Thriller Mystery before or at least not in the last 10 years. And while I do think I don't exactly fall into the main target group of this story, I did enjoy it a lot. Here and there the sarcastic banter was a bit cringe to me but then again I'm not a teenager anymore lol. I liked Pippa and her determined personality but I also think some things were over the top - like the reference to the title when she asked herself if she still was a good girl after "everything she'd done". girl - be so fr right 😭 that for example felt very forced and kind of pathetic. 

Otherwise I enjoyed her and Ravis relationship and that the author didn't really focus on explicitly telling us how Pippa felt. That too would've probably felt a bit forced bc it was quite clear they were gonna end up together in the beginning. 

Another thing I think was done quite well were the complex family dynamics - as far as it gets when the POV is the mind of a teenage girl occupied with solving a crime and homework. Pips reflections about that felt authentic and age appropriate. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racism, Grief, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Toxic friendship

sphieidk's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail