Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

96 reviews

clynns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Stalking, Drug use, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Racial slurs, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Animal death, Racism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Murder, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I liked this book! I listened to it as an audiobook & this is one of the few audiobooks i’ve really enjoyed so far. They had different voice actors for the characters & I really liked this aspect in comparison to the narrator using different voices for the characters. It was really fast-paced & I just wanted to keep listening! You can definitely tell that this book is a YA book but it was still good to me!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Car accident, Sexual assault, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Death, Rape, Murder, Confinement, Blood, and Animal death

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

dixiecarroll's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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

4.0

Very excellent YA thriller. I clocked the killer pretty early on and one twist BUT it was still riveting and so fun. I downloaded it to keep me busy while running and then I went and barreled through it far too quickly. There are A LOT of trigger warnings - I’m tagging them all on StoryGraph

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Bullying, Dementia, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Self harm, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Hate crime, Rape, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

patsshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The dialogue between characters was lackluster and cliche. I never felt emotionally invested in the main character, which took away from my capacity to become invested in the plot.

Also the dog dies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Rape, and Animal death

Minor: Vomit and Suicide attempt

goodboibeefs's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Drug use, Sexual assault, Death, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual violence

your_geekygf's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

I can't give this book 5 stars because of Barney 😭He deserved better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Kidnapping, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Rape

anastasiahuffman's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Racism

Minor: Suicide attempt

jessvenis14's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

overall a very good book! the way the author told the story as a reporter and high school student was very interesting. however, it felt longer than it needed to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

tea_kettle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

the pacing was wacko and a die was annoying but the story was insteresting, i wish the ending was slower paced 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Murder, Animal death, Body horror, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Mental illness, Body shaming, and Kidnapping