Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Moordgids voor lieve meisjes by Holly Jackson

317 reviews

conniejones's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Bullying, Stalking, and Suicide

Minor: Racism and Toxic friendship

jenniferropell's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

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

Minor: Addiction and Toxic friendship

ellarae0111's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

jenn_a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Abortion and Dementia

hiraeth_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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, Grief, Domestic abuse, Racism, Murder, and Bullying

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

sphieidk's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

nia_readsalot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

julkaeva's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Murder, Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Rape

seraphine_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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

Detective stories aren’t my genre. But this thing was incredible!!! I wasn’t sure about the format and as I said even the genre when I started but it was on our book club challenge. It took a little time but the way this story GRABBED me by the neck and didn’t let go was unreal! I stayed up till 2 am listening to it and had it on 1,75 speed just cause I couldn’t bare to not know what happened next faster!! Seriously even if this isn’t what you usually go for give it a try. This book might’ve convinced me to read more detectives stories! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Murder, Racism, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racism, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

nandakandabooks's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Good murder story with a lot of twists and turns.
Unfortunately the characters fell very flat for me. 
Also some deaths and developments, while suprising had no effect on me as a reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Murder, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Bullying