Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

136 reviews

jessclarkee'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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Car accident, Bullying, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Animal death, Body shaming, and Violence

aralynn's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Murder, Cancer, Drug use, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Addiction, Body shaming, Infidelity, Stalking, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Self harm

Minor: Self harm

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

IT WAS MR WARD I SWEAR I NEVER WOULDVE GUESSED

I would give this book as many stars as I could, all of it goes to Holly Jackson herself, the wonderful author of this masterpiece 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit, Self harm, and Racism

sarahmilan's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Animal death

ellarae0111's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Kidnapping, Blood, Sexual violence, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Outing, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Rape, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Medical content, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

jenn_a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Violence, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Body shaming, and Animal death

Moderate: Racism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Stalking, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion and Dementia

hiraeth_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I don't think I've read this kind of YA Thriller Mystery before or at least not in the last 10 years. And while I do think I don't exactly fall into the main target group of this story, I did enjoy it a lot. Here and there the sarcastic banter was a bit cringe to me but then again I'm not a teenager anymore lol. I liked Pippa and her determined personality but I also think some things were over the top - like the reference to the title when she asked herself if she still was a good girl after "everything she'd done". girl - be so fr right 😭 that for example felt very forced and kind of pathetic. 

Otherwise I enjoyed her and Ravis relationship and that the author didn't really focus on explicitly telling us how Pippa felt. That too would've probably felt a bit forced bc it was quite clear they were gonna end up together in the beginning. 

Another thing I think was done quite well were the complex family dynamics - as far as it gets when the POV is the mind of a teenage girl occupied with solving a crime and homework. Pips reflections about that felt authentic and age appropriate. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Domestic abuse, Racism, Murder, and Bullying

Minor: Violence, Self harm, Rape, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Child death, Suicide, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Drug abuse

askye_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Racism

teawitchontravel's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Cursing, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Death, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Rape, Addiction, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Sexism, Death of parent, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Personally didn't like it. Idea was good execution wasn't and characters (especially mc) were annoying and stupid.

chocolate_pondue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Grief, Pedophilia, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Grief