Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

852 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

mcshnick's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Bullying

Moderate: Rape and Murder

Minor: Racism

emmadobson33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

One of the best murder mystery books I've read! Just when I thought I'd figured it out, there was more information to keep me guessing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Murder, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Animal death

Minor: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Vomit, and Violence

reachingforstardust's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Bullying

Moderate: Car accident, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, and Death of parent

tonyaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

Completely addictive and very fun. I could not put this down!

This reminded me a little of season 1 of Veronica Mars, in the best way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, and Death

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

Minor: Self harm, Bullying, and Racism

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

chhwood's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.25

This was a good book and an interesting read, I think I would’ve liked this more in high school. It covers some heavy topics that I felt that it just glossed over and I didn’t love that. It also felt very PLL esq. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racism, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Car accident, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

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

jennaweston's review against another edition

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? N/A

3.75

I originally thought this was going to be a fun-loving tween mystery novel, but it ended up being a lot more intense, but also very interesting. I think this book got lost in the weeds at moments with trying to push you off the track of who the killer is, but overall good book.

What I Liked 

• It was a quick read.
• Liked the different format of it. Made the book go by quickly.
• the plot twist was interesting at the end…saw some of it coming, but not really!
• Liked the duo of Pip and Ravi.

What I didn’t like

• though i liked the plot twist, i wasn’t super sold on Becca as the killer. It felt a little anti-climatic to be totally honest.
• No need to kill the dog…just sad for sad’s sake 
  • also comparing it to losing Sal…a little bit of a yikes there

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide, Vomit, Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship