Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Moordgids voor lieve meisjes by Holly Jackson

386 reviews

litbrett's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Grief, Animal death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Murder, Car accident, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

a_ira's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Drug use, and Body shaming

nee_shelf's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, and Racism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Kidnapping, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

blankaurban's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Holy crap. That's the way this book left me feeling after finishing it.

The plot and storyline of this entire book was perfect. The small leads revealed in every chapter had me thinking about scenerios non-stop when I wasn't reading. All of the suspects had so many strings attached and yet the ending of this made so much sense. Not to mention I did not expect it at all.

I think it's safe to say I won't shut up about this book for a long time.

I think all of the characters were amazingly written but Pip and Ravi have a special place in my heart. They were the best duo for this.

Throughout the book, I always felt like I was right there with them; experiencing everything and being scared when something eery came up.

All in all, I would easily recommend this book to anyone and I already have. 

This would definitely be a 6 star book if there was such a rating!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Animal death, and Pedophilia

Minor: Body shaming, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, and Rape

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Self harm, Stalking, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Racism

Minor: Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

remqii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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: Violence, Animal death, Car accident, Drug use, Vomit, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Rape, Suicide, and Body shaming

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Alcohol, Murder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Kidnapping, Car accident, Mental illness, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Death of parent, Confinement, Self harm, and Drug use

lialovesreading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was literally AMAZING. I was super surprised with the plot twists and every scene was insane. There were so many characters that I was so suspicious of and even if they weren't the main person, I loved how developed their stories were. I don't even know what to say because this book was just so amazing. You seriously have to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Murder, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Car accident

Minor: Self harm, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Dysphoria, and Fatphobia

shoshi824's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Bullying, and Body shaming

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Dividing books based on the age of the protagonist has always felt a bit arbitrary to me: this book is young adult, but deals with some rather heavy topics, even more so that a lot of the thrillers directed at adults. 

This is Holly Jackson’s strong debut thriller. Five years ago a schoolgirl was murdered. Everyone knows who did it, and the case is closed. Pippa chooses the case as her final-year project and starts to dig deeper to what really happened. 

The characters in this book are mostly teenagers and the adults in their lives. The characters feel well-defined and authentic with their complex problems. The main character Pippa doesn't feel especially memorable, but on the other hand this gives more room for the story. I liked the family dynamics of the main characters, they were so wholesome. 

The book is told in mixed media format: there are notes, texts and diagrams as Pippa collects evidence in an attempt to solve the case. 

I found the book to be very entertaining, relatively fast-placed and at least I couldn't predict what had really happened that night five years ago. 

If you're looking for utmost realism in your books, be warned. As some reviewers have pointed out, Pippa does get into rather dangerous situations and there seem to be no repercussions for her actions. You'd think the police might have something to say about the way she acquires information.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, Body shaming, Racism, Stalking, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Cancer, Car accident, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Murder, Grief, Bullying, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Violence