Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, by Holly Jackson

533 reviews

sometimes_samantha_reads's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It was a decent book. A lot of moving pieces and I didn't predict the end which was good. The writing style seemed to shift midway through with the authors choice in vocabulary and imagery which was strange. It didn't seem intentional to aid the story  It was also weird having the main chatacter, a 17 year old high school student romantically involved with a 20 year old man. The story could have done just as well with a simple friendship. That aspect weirded me out sporadically throughout the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Drug use, Self harm, Body shaming, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

amgarrido's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Blood, Drug abuse, Self harm, Rape, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, Vomit, Suicide, Bullying, Grief, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Confinement

chloeanderson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Drug use, Bullying, and Murder

arnoldad1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Bullying

erika4america's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I LOVED this book. It kept me guessing and guessing on who the killer of Andie Bell and Sal Singh could be. Most mystery books make it pretty obvious but never lay the groundwork in a meaningful way. This author does.

Every chapter kept me on my toes. At times I thought this book was reading my mind and then a curveball would be thrown in and I’d be left reeling. 

I loved following along with Pip and Ravi making my own theories as they went. I also loved the subplot

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of these two crushing hard on each other. It is what I like to call a sweet and slow burn. There’s something so wholesome about the both of them, I can’t help but root for them!

I love Pip. I love Ravi. I love Pip and Ravi together. But most importantly and to end this review properly. RIP Sal and RIP

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Barney

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping, Rape, Car accident, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Vomit

quinn4's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Grief, Murder, Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual assault, Stalking, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

rdmoreland0801's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

This book was filled with so many twists and turns, I never knew which way the story was going to go.  I loved going through the process as if we were in Pip’s head because you really get to see the way her brain works.

Pip has such a caring heart, and it’s obvious through her reasonings on why she started this in the first place.  I enjoyed the sweet romance subplot and think that it occurred naturally through the course of events.

I don’t want to go into the entire plot of the book because I think it’s more enjoyable going into the story without it.  

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But it loses half a star for killing the dog.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Animal death

Minor: Emotional abuse and Bullying

sorin_books27's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

This story was so ravishing I ate my hair tie, i’m not kidding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Animal death, Murder, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Adult/minor relationship

huntress's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Drug use, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death of parent, Dementia, Fatphobia, Grief, Sexual violence, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Body shaming, and Bullying

adorotich's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Kept you on your toes the whole time. The relationships between all of the characters were fascinating. Big slay!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Car accident, Kidnapping, Vomit, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Drug abuse