Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

304 reviews

hamohero's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

3.75

I borrowed the us version from my library but didn't know it so I got super thrown off when everyone was speaking like a brit and then they said they lived in Connecticut.

A super fun mystery with a charming main character. I was able to find out who the killer was pretty early on but was still enraptured by many mysteries unraveling. 

The only things that got me side eying this story is the romance subplot (but it's ya so like, whatever I guess ) and

why didnt mr ward just delete/steal her research when he broke into her room

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Racism, Murder, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit, Rape, and Drug use

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

priscillarobock's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Bullying, Death, Suicide attempt, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, and Drug abuse

jloves2read's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

uhm holy fucking shit, the plot thickening, the back and forth, the twists and turns, just read the book you’ll love it hands down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug use

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Grief, Bullying, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Rape

katcarter_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Stalking, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Rape, Murder, Death, and Car accident

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

the_outsiders_addicted's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Animal death, Sexual assault, Self harm, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Rape, and Murder

ally_love21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Blood, Murder, Police brutality, Self harm, Child abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Self harm

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

ethanais's review against another edition

funny mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Felt like reading a book from when I was 15 again, but more diverse. I truly enjoyed the story, some part were kind of predictable, allowing for some ah-ah moments but there was still some surprises and plot twist and that, until the very end of the book. 
Made me think of pretty little liars, 13 reasons why and the game life is strange. 

I was hooked so i read it in 4 days!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Rape