Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

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

108 reviews

lizyrh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Death of parent

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

meganla's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

Going into this I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’ve moved a little away from YA reads this year but had such a great time jumping back in. The mystery is exciting and intriguing; it isn’t so simple that you can guess the ending right away nor annoying in that the protagonist misses the most obvious clues. I loved the little romance and near the end was grinning with excitement and yelling at parts of the reveal. Would definitely recommend for a quick, easy, yet fun read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Cursing, Murder, and Drug use

emma3674's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Amazing, super intriguing, found it a bit boring at the start

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Murder, Animal death, Car accident, and Cursing

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Grief

clemkii's review against another edition

mysterious 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

Very good book is you are looking for a mystery that you can solve as you read

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Death, and Drug use

josxphinchen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Bullying, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Animal death, Body shaming, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Self harm

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

maliameiireads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction

Minor: Rape

kozufen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

this book was one of the best I’ve read in my life. It was a really emotional and mysterious book. It had some really dark parts as well but also some cute moments going on. And the plots??? I sat there gasping for like 30 minutes sometimes. Just wow. I won’t shut up about this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Stalking, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Cursing, Car accident, Pedophilia, Animal death, and Drug use

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Fascinating, but perhaps not the genre for me. I don't have any umbridge with the way it was written; rather, I realized that when reading it I don't like the whole premise. The idea of a teenager poking into a murder/suicide investigation and solving it makes me.... uncomfortable. So I will probably not be reading more stuff like that, but if you do like that, then this is probably a great book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Suicide, Death, Violence, Car accident, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Sexism, and Child abuse

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Rape, and Dementia