Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

128 reviews

katerinamckenna's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Addiction, Racism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Child death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Drug use, and Rape

caitlineliza's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Confinement, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Kidnapping, Body shaming, and Drug use

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Self harm

cortanasreadingnook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Honestly this book should come with a bunch of content warnings with sad and depressing in bold, block red letters. Holly Jackson has managed to create a masterpiece of a story about a case that turned cold five years ago that it would be a shame not to give this 5 ⭐️ This was insanely good! I apologize for taking so long to get into this and suffice to say I am not the same person as i was before reading this and no amount of therapy can make me forget this book ruined me. With all my love and appreciation, I hope Holly knows she should sleep with one eye open at night for what she did to me <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, and Murder

midnightbelles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed reading this. I was swept into the mystery and kept on the edge of my seat for most of the book which I liked. I also enjoyed seeing how everything panned out and discovering who was guilty along with Pip and Ravi. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Death, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

Minor: Pedophilia

dosxhime's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I was a fool and jumped on the GGGTM. In my heart, I hoped that it would blow me away, like the Truly Devious series. However, I just couldn't stand Pip and the romance between her and Ravi was unsatisfactory. It felt like there was hardly any development on their relationship, but I did find Ravi funny and charming. Points to him. When I think about it, Pip is 17 at the start of the book while Ravi is  20. That's kinda iffy to me.

But, anyways, I hated how Pip was jumping around and basing her thoughts on conjectures. It truly made no sense how someone so scatter brained could solve a murder. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Racism, Murder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm, Rape, and Mental illness

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was a fantastic read! Holly Jackson masterfully wove in foreshadowing and red herrings into the story. Even with big twists, the characters were so well fleshed out that the twists didn't feel like they came out of nowhere.  Jackson does a great job making the characters and place feel very real. She creates a diverse cast of characters that I feel like I could meet on any street or at any high school event.

Spoiler

Ravi and Pip's friendship and then relationship was adorable. They're both very funny. I adore that once his brother was exonerated, he brought his parents to meet her, and that their families are close. Josh loving Ravi before he started dating Pip was a good set up to show the two getting together eventually.
Setting up Naomi's mental illness and then showing her father to be similarly unstable but to a greater degree, and him using her diaries as a way to learn information was a really interesting twist. I really wanted Mr. Ward to be innocent.
I was destroyed by Barney's death. His relationship with Pip and Josh is part of what made her so real. Her dancing with Barney and making up little songs about him was adorable and relatable.
I really thought H.H. was going to be the killer, and that it was the B&B owner's son. Maybe it'll come back up in later books, because I still don't think H.H. is Howie's House.

This book managed to embody elements from both the small town cozy genre and quintessential murder mysteries. I highly recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Drug abuse, Grief, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Dementia and Animal death

Minor: Fatphobia

mishasbooks's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Addiction, Mental illness, Murder, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Drug use, Rape, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Self harm, and Sexual assault

lifeonasofa's review against another edition

hopeful 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? No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Drug use

broccoli_j's review

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

Holly Jackson took the question „if the romance wasn’t part of the book anymore, would there still be a plot?“ way to seriously and the romance is the smallest part of the novel. 

But apart of this cute little love side story, this book is filled with great relationships, well developed characters, thrilling events that aren’t far fetched at all and a chapter concept that guarantees a one of a kind reading flow. 

Would highly recommend this young adult thriller and already feel exited for the second book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Sexism, Bullying, Death, Violence, Child death, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Addiction, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, and Eating disorder

niamhrowanch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

augh that was crazy ive never actually experienced that sort of atmosphere at a game before it’s absolutely electric the passion

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Death, Rape, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship