Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Moordgids voor Lieve Meisjes by Holly Jackson

252 reviews

meghan_w's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I wasn’t sure about that his book at first and next thing you know, I’m finishing it. Absolutely worth the hype! So good! It is most definitely YA and has stupid teens making stupid choices that aren’t always realistic, but books don’t always have to be realistic or make sense to be good. This is one of those books!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Child death, Suicide, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Violence

taylorp98's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Racism, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Suicide, Child death, and Sexual assault

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

estellec13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

I loved this book so much, it kept me on my toes the whole time, I juste wanted to know everything !! There's just one part that I did not like, but I read it super fast!!

why did she have to kill the dog???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

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

lavenderprince01's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

Omg! This book was so good!
When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it and discussing it with my friend who had read it
It was so tense and stressful in the best possible way

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Racism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Animal death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, and Self harm

heyitsseph's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

It’s a really great thriller, mystery book. I really loved the plot twist . I got recommended to read this book. I can see why people rave about this book on TikTok last year .This book has lots of twist and turns . I loved the authors put the pictures , maps , clues its like you are actually solving a mystery in person. The main character was brave enough to this mystery as her finally senior project . It’s a lot of work to find out what happened and asking people around to remember what happened. If people don’t want you to know what happened they can kill you for knowing to much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Death

cicireadsinthedark's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

sienna1508's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I really loved this book and at the end I couldn’t put it down! Don’t spoil yourself ;)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Fatphobia

lana_e's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Abortion, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Dementia