Reviews tagging Sexual harassment

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

99 reviews

storyofmyshelf's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Toxic friendship, Death, Murder, Rape, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Hate crime, Violence, Stalking, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Racism, and Gore

jojo_fiction_'s review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

For her final project in high school, teenager Pippa Fitz-Amobi decides to take it upon herself to clear the name of Sal Singh, accused of murdering his girlfriend Andie Bell 5 years ago. However, only a few days after Andie went missing, Sal killed himself after sending a text claiming his guilt and in the end, Andie’s body was never found. Pip connects with friends and family of both Andie and Sal trying to discover more about the night Andie disappeared, despite someone trying to stop her at every turn. 

Overall this book was a solid read. Interesting characters, lots of twists and secrets from both suspects and friends. The pacing was quick and it was hard to put down at the end of a chapter because it just left you wanting more. I loved that she worked with Sal’s brother, they balanced each other out and made a great team.

There needs to be a little bit of a suspension of belief with this story, but overall it was a really good mystery! Pip repeatedly breaks the law to prove that someone is innocent…I mean, not the best course of action but it reminded me of Nancy Drew and Stevie Bell, doing slightly questionable things for the greater good. The lack of good police work was laughable and not at all what would have happened if this was a real case. However for a fun YA novel this isn't a deal breaker. It is a fun mystery, with twists and turns and a wide array of characters with different motivations. Pip is a likeable protagonist who has both good and bad personality traits which just made her seem more realistic and her characterization contributes really well towards moving the plot forward in an engaging way.

If you’re a fan of One of Us is Lying, or Truly Devious, I think this is just the kind of book you’d enjoy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Bullying

Minor: Sexual harassment, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

jessicasophie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Vomit, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, and Grief

grace_yin's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Sexual harassment and Rape

amanda_anit's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual harassment

lsmith19's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

I loved every second of this book!!!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Stalking, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Death

moonbear_in_moonland's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

bieni2503's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Rape

sophiesometimesreads's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

Wow, what a wild ride!

This book definitely lived up to the hype for me. The book started off a little slower than I expected but towards the end is where it really shone. There was no point throughout the novel where I knew who was the obvious candidate, and I was shocked when I found out the culprit and what had actually happened.

I don’t want to give too much away but the plot twist was really well done, it made enough sense given the information we had known up until that point without being glaringly obvious but as soon as you thought you knew the whole story, something else happened to turn that on its head!

I also liked the characters and their dynamics with one another. 

It was such a great read, and I’d definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Sexual assault

rosem_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

Soooooooo good! Go look at my full review on goodreads

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Addiction, Murder, Suicide, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, and Drug use