Reviews tagging Sexual assault

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

623 reviews

asherreadsss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

venusflyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

Finishing Thoughts
I am entirely confident in my 5 star rating of this book! The pacing is fast, with new twists and turns around every corner. The story was so compelling, I read this in a single sitting and immediately bought the sequel!

No Spoiler Review
The characters are all well developed, with individual personalities and even our female MC is portrayed as flawed, however loveable she may be.

As for the story, well where to even begin. This was a real rollercoaster ride, each time I thought I had it figured out, some new information was presented to blow my argument away.

The ending is satisfying, the type that however difficult it may have been, you could have figured it out yourself!

I really don't know what eoze to say, except READ THIS BOOK!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, Gore, Body shaming, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

emmakristiansson's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Drug use, and Suicide

phantastic's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

If I didn’t finish this book in class, I’d be bawling my eyes out.

No words, only a phenomenal story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Bullying, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Rape, Injury/injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Self harm, Drug use, Body shaming, Dementia, Hate crime, and Sexism

livlovread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Rape, and Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty

jeanadenae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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: Sexual assault and Drug use

Moderate: Animal death

amimamii's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Animal death and Emotional abuse

ameliaj_adams's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was fun, fast paced mystery that kept me guessing and had me hooked from the start! The concept is really interesting and well written and I definitely related a lot to the main character Pippa. Among the many twists and turns there were red herrings, blackmail, death threats and cleverly dropped hints throughout, all things a good mystery book should have! We jump straight into her investigation and meet some really great characters along the way (who maybe could’ve been fleshed out a little more) who each offer their own small piece to the puzzle, which is done very well. There were definitely some emotional moments which had me tearing up, and the climax has a great twist with some really tense moments. All in all a brilliant read which I would definitely recommend to mystery lovers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Drug use, Rape, Car accident, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Bullying, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Animal death, and Self harm

loesaatruijens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book alot, just wish we would get to know more about Pip. Why is she so foccused on school that she's willing to put herself and others at serious risk? Sal was nice to her once, years ago. Why does she care so much? Stuff like that is never mentioned. It is unrealistic at times like how easy it was to fix this case while Police gave up. I did truly enjoy this book, I think about it alot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Grief and Violence

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Blood, Death, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Misogyny, Bullying, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Rape, Self harm, Animal death, Car accident, Confinement, Vomit, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/injury detail, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, and Toxic relationship