Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

177 reviews

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

jen_reads23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Addiction, Vomit, Rape, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Sexual violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Self harm

goldenjoy's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Death, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

hellokatya's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.5

this was a very good read - super easy to get through, and felt like a palette cleanser. 
only complaint is it felt a bit too YA for the mature topics that were in it, hence the lower rating, but overall i thoroughly enjoyed it and the ending was really nice! 
highly recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Dementia, Drug abuse, Rape, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood and Body shaming

bluvlvt's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Stalking, Kidnapping, Blood, Self harm, and Alcohol

ezrahattrick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Animal death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Kidnapping, Grief, Rape, Vomit, and Adult/minor relationship

emmamedina0515's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

This book is was such an amazing and fun read. I couldn’t put it down for most of the time I was reading it.  So much so that I even read it in the car even though I get car sick and I stayed up late to finish it. It’s perfect  for getting into the mystery genre if you’re new like me. It keeps you on your toes for a good majority of the book. The twists were definitely not what I was expecting and I would not have figured it out (maybe cause I’ve only read like 2 mystery books including this one so my detective skills aren’t so great). But it was definitely an entertaining read and I can’t wait to start the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Bullying