Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

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

61 reviews

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

at806's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Stalking, Rape, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Grief, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

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

reb_vo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

wishyouweresober's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Racism, and Car accident

booksracha's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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? No

4.5

i quite enjoyed this book! the ending was really well done in my opinion and i liked the mixed media element of it all.

the only thing that i found a bit odd was that the main character is doing all this for a freaking school project and she is acting like a detective plus gains access to a lot of personal information about all suspects.
but i guess that is part of this being YA bc how else would she be so young and solving a case without the police.

overall as i said highly entertaining book and i will hopefully read the sequels to this one day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Xenophobia, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Racism

Minor: Addiction, Vomit, and Violence

luciiee's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Death, Grief, Sexism, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Animal death, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

josiebug's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Pip was quirky and relatable at first, but the writer just goes so intensely hard on “she’s a nerd guys!! She’s a nerd by the way! Did you know she’s smart and a nerd and also a witty nerd too” please let this girl have other personality traits, my god

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Racism, Bullying, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Death, Violence, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Grief

kshertz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Excellent mystery. I thought I knew what was happening and who was responsible and I was only partially right! I was very drawn to the story and kept picking it up because I couldn’t wait to see what would happen!

It’s a great read and now I’m going to have to do the whole series 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, Addiction, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

bookswithlauren's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

This was an incredible book. The characters and the plot line were so incredibly well planned and executed. I watch and read a lot of crime based shows, movies and books and often find myself working out the ending way before I reach it but with this, there were so many options and twists that I found myself guessing over and over again as the plot developed. 

The audiobook only added to my reading experience with this book as it is a full cast audiobook but it also has phone calls as actual phone calls, when Pip is reading from her case notes, you can hear the movement of paper, when she records conversations, you can hear the equipment whirring and beeping etc. The audiobook was a fully immersive experience and it was brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Stalking, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Rape