Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

151 reviews

aussieliz's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Animal death

xoravenreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Love a good small town murder mystery and this one was so good! 
Definitely requires a bit of suspension of disbelief as some of the things the main character does or is able to gain access to is a little unbelievable, but overall really enjoyed it!  

Also recommend checking trigger warnings because there were a lot of things in this book I was not expecting

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Child death, Animal death, Rape, Suicide, Drug use, and Kidnapping

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

Spoiler

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

Spoiler

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

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

alevelswithemma's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

This was a reread of one of my favourite books of all time. I love this story so much, and even though I will never again be able to read it for the first time, not knowing anything about what happens, I still find something new in the story every time I read it.
There are so many twists and turns in this book that it keeps you gripped until the final page, and then you immediately want to read the next book, Good Girl Bad Blood. The characters are developed so well and seem so real, and you root for Pip throughout, feeling the same emotions she does along this rollercoaster. It also helps that I am the same age as Pip, and we are very similar people, so it feels as if I could be right there alongside her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Child death, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death

samantha7815's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Child death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, and Self harm

funkaroo12's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.0

The murder mystery good and fast pace, but overall the YA aspect just felt forced and tacky. There was also a lot of poor parenting being presented as good and normal (Pip's father is at one point okay with his daughter going out in a too-short dress to a high school party with alcohol, drugs, etc.) Pip is also incredibly unrealistic as a character and is completely unrelatable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Animal death, Drug abuse, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Kidnapping, Rape, and Child abuse

kind0fdarkness's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Rape, Blood, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

aka_booknerd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book is a piece of perfection...I was literally screaming inside with every tyrn this story took...it will have you had scratch your brain in the middle of the night, just to think what will happen next. For me it was a pure goosebumps read. This is the first pure mystery book I have read, and I am thankful to my past self for adding this book to my TBR. 
I fricking loved this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Child abuse, Blood, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, and Body horror

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child death, Drug use, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Bullying and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Body shaming, Grief, Car accident, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Self harm