Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

173 reviews

laurenfro22's review against another edition

2.75

Notes:
- white savior up the wazoo. Are we not going to talk about racial profiling? No intersectional understanding of issues? No?
- slapstick diversity
- ring? Fancy? (Edit: my wife told me the author is from the UK which explains SO MUCH ffs)
- mc is an idiot masquerading as a Ivy League bound high schooler
- what high schooler is doing a CAPSTONE?
- what high schooler has time to do all the bananas sh*t unquestioned?
- HOW did the MC not end up dead with the batsh*t decisions to confront suspects ALONE
- Ethics is calling and they’d like to speak to the MC
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loses a whole star for the dog dying. Absolutely unnecessary

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so many things that needed an adult or authority intervention. Date r*pe? Drugs? Teachers getting involved with students? I mean are you serious? I know I’m old but I’m not THAT old

TL;DR: it was a quick, formulaic book with poor character development, questionable motives, and a heaping scoop of racial insensitivity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent and Fatphobia

ashley_dreaming's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, Islamophobia, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Racism, Alcohol, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Grief, and Hate crime

antonellarc's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Murder, Blood, Drug use, Animal death, and Addiction

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Rape, and Stalking

tgreene507's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

mkeisler's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Self harm

Minor: Sexual assault, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Murder, Death, and Drug abuse

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

katrinaschaffede's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad 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? N/A

4.0

The book was very interesting and I liked the way it was formatted with the epq's. The only thing I found tedious was how the eventual reveal was written over so many chapters. It was a little bit too drawn out and then a sudden finish at the end.

After we found out that Elliot killed S, I felt we should have been told faster how Andi Bell was killed as it seemed like the tone was 'oh well happy days' and only Ravi and Pippa cared which is highly unrealistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Animal death

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Addiction

flooffy_wabbits's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Suicide, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Addiction

pianoplayer279's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Hands down, the best murder mystery I have ever read in my life. So many unexpected twists and turns. Age 14+

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual assault and Self harm

eclipse_the_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

This book kept me guessing right until the last page! I couldn’t put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Murder, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Self harm, Addiction, Rape, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent