Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

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

64 reviews

messymafe's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Self harm, Rape, Blood, Grief, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Vomit, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

coyotes_tiptoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Confinement, Car accident, Rape, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Vomit

missgray's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Infidelity, Murder, and Racial slurs

kaylaannsreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Infidelity, Drug abuse, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Confinement, Car accident, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

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

chris_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicide, and Bullying

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

fictionaladventures's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I am SPEECHLESS. I seriously don’t know what to say. This was PHENOMENAL. 

Wow, what a ride. I can’t remember the last time I was so entranced by a book, so glued to the page that I couldn’t stop reading if I tried. From the very beginning, the story was unique, engaging, and unpredictable, but it was also masterful on the sentence-level. Every bit of this story lived up to the hype. I read so much that I very rarely “can’t put a book down” because I’m used to books’ usual thrills, but I COULDN’T PUT THIS DOWN. I spent a good chunk of the end with my hand clamped over my mouth in shock. I couldn’t be more excited to read the sequels!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Grief, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, Self harm, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Car accident

captainoliimar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

I loved this book, I read most of it in one sitting and I was sad when I got to the end. I thought that the premise of the book was super unique and interesting. The way the chapters were laid out with the 'production logs' was really fun and I liked that they weren't just for show and you actually learnt stuff that was relevant to the plot through them. I spent the entire book trying to figure out who the murderer was and I want to reread the book and see how many bits of foreshadowing I can spot now I know the ending. I will say though that

Spoiler

I'm not sure I can forgive the author for killing the dog

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I'm really glad that the writer has more books in this series and I can't wait to get my hands on them!

Characters - 9/10
Atmosphere/Setting - 6.5/10
Writing - 10/10
Plot - 8.5/10
Intrigue - 9/10
Logic - 7/10
Enjoyment - 9/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Stalking, Vomit, Racism, Rape, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Dementia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Rape

mackenzieduric's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Dementia

andrews_09's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

you would never, ever, ever expect the ending.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Murder, Self harm, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Child death, Bullying, Blood, Medical trauma, Infidelity, and Adult/minor relationship