Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Kill Joy by Holly Jackson

13 reviews

serendipity421's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Cursing

librarymouse's review

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a fun, quick read. I read Kill Joy after A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, and it was really interesting picking up on the little Easter eggs in the prequel! The audiobook runs the exact length of the game in the novella, which is a fun tidbit.

There's also a really good depiction of the fear of the dark and the unsettling feeling of being seen by someone/something unseen.

Spoiler

It's unsettling to see Elliott interacting with the kids, knowing what he's done. It's funny that Ravi was actually the inspiration for the incept on of Pip's capstone, after his joke at the end of the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Medical content, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol

_mariah_'s review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Cancer

whosgina's review

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: War

smkelly1997's review

funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

A quick and easy read! It provides you some basic insight into shat happened. Would recommend if you like AGGGTM. Not as good at the other books but still good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cancer, and Infidelity

ellelockley's review

funny mysterious 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

4.0

Pippa Fitz-Amobi is not looking forward to her friends 1920s murder mystery themed party. But as the game unrolls, she becomes more and more intrigued. I thought this was a very good prequel to the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I love Pip so much, she's one of my favourite characters from literature. I also loved the little hints towards the original trilogy. I knew Ravi wasn't really gonna be in it but it was still sad. With prequels, they're usually not very good (looking at you hunger games) but this one exceeded my expectations. I definitely recommend this to anyone whom has read the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Murder

kjm_x's review

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Murder

hi_there's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

tanvi45's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse

em_davies7019's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Terminal illness, Addiction, Incest, Cancer, and Drug use