Reviews tagging Physical abuse

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

35 reviews

av0ncor3's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, and Animal death

hamstersinmypantsters's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Cursing

holliesatchell's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

babsi_222's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely enjoyed this book. I don’t know what I expected from it, but it definitely wasn’t what it ended up being. I would 100% read it again and I’m so excited for the whole  series Holly Jackson published with the same characters and everything.
The Plot Twist(s !) are absolutely shocking and amazing and the book is so well written!
The whole solving a crime the police closed (not finished case)  is so girl-boss and slay I love it!!!!!!!
also I really like the characters, especially Pippa

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although I was pretty annoyed with her about how she handled the whole death threats situation. I would’ve gone to a trusted person and tell them but that’s how she reacted ig

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The Love Story of Pip and Ravi was so fucking obvious and wasn’t well integrated in the story. They just kissed once and hold hands at the end of the book and you have to make everything up :/ hopefully we see mire between them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Stalking, and Body shaming

sophiamini's review

challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

i read probably over three quarters of this book in one sitting because it was SO ADDICTIVE

characters 10/10. plot 10/10. plot twists 10/10. i came into this thinking i was spoiled so had low expectations but turns out i was half wrong and even if i knew it wOULDNT HAVE MATTERED BECAUSE THIS BANGED. no words truly 

(also blushing like a mad man at ravi singh) 💓💓💓

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Bullying, Blood, Alcoholism, Suicide, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Addiction, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Mental illness, Grief, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

cdubbs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Bullying, Car accident, and Confinement

gretag's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Sexual assault, Animal death, Drug use, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, and Racism

Minor: Dementia and Vomit

jennasbookshelf's review

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

this book was full of surprises and never ending plot twists, it did not allow me to get distracted and lose interest at all. 

for a story that's complicated and tangled involving so many characters that are suspects, I'm truly impressed by how intelligently this was structured. it was quite straightforward and and an easy read!, also Pippa very much gave me “Nancy Drew” vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Animal death, Body shaming, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Suicide

wtfedin's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-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

I would’ve given the 5/5 if the plot twist of

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Elliot’s kidnapped girl

wasn’t as predictable as it was.

Sorry for my bad English, it’s not my first language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Suicide, Fatphobia, Self harm, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

noxygens's review

dark funny mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Animal death, Murder, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, and Self harm