Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

580 reviews

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

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

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

bg_okeyo's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? N/A

3.5

 

The book is amazing and the plot twist will have you on the edge of your seat. However, I feel like Ravi should've been given more "screen time" in the book as he's technically second in command in terms of main characters. The entire time our main focus has been on Pippa and her EPQ and I love it, but I wish we had some sort of insight into Ravi's mind as an individual away from Pippa. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, and Bullying

iamtheham's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body shaming, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Drug use, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Dementia

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

litbrett's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Grief, Animal death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Murder, Car accident, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

nele_281's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Vomit, Confinement, Kidnapping, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Bullying, Death of parent, Car accident, Cursing, Racism, and Self harm

julianna_schock's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

Small town Veronica Mars, and I loved it. What a gift Holly Jackson has given us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Animal death

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Rape