Reviews tagging 'Torture'

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

8 reviews

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Bullying, Death, Blood, Cursing, Injury/injury detail, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Animal death and Hate crime

jupiter_56's review

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

ç’est tres amusant !  zis waz so tearjerking. Absolutely fantastique… C’était un masterpiece. Ravi and Pip were made for my home country! ( ze ville of love) 
Aldough… it was nasty, crusty, dusty, rusty and etc ;) 

- french critique 
Madame Delecoire Monet
 (oui)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, War, Trafficking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Alcohol, Colonisation, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deportation, Drug use, Abandonment, Abortion, and Addiction

Minor: Genocide

sophshelves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Blood, Torture, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Rape, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Grief

strawberrysage's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Honestly wasn’t expecting much since I’m not much of a murder mystery or true-crime person but I decided to try something different and I’m absolutely hooked. The suspension, Pip and Ravi’s relationship, every part of this book is amazing. I’d say it’s a great book to start off with if you’re looking into murder mystery or true crime-type books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

Minor: Toxic friendship, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Torture, Self harm, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Drug use

books_and_rainydays's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

The first thing I have to say is that this book held me from beginning to end and that despite being written in the 3rd person (being that I prefer to read books written in the 1st person) it has a writing style that really captivated me. It is mysterious, has an unexpected ending and nothing is what it seems. I really felt like I was investigating with Pip.

And to end on a good note, I just want to point out how perfect Ravi is.

I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.

Spoiler

Sincerely, I really wasn't counting on that ending. Elliot being Sal's killer? Becca seeing her own sister die and the only thing she did was hide her dead body? I seriously came to consider that Andie had run away and killed Sal! But what really made me cry (I was probably the only person who cried reading this. It's not my fault I'm so emotional) was Barney's death... I thought that whoever it was, the "Unknown" was going to keep his promise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abandonment

harmonygracie's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Drug use, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, Bullying, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Grief, Blood, and Stalking

jodyreads's review

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Drug use, Car accident, Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

julreads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Confinement