Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Asesinato para principiantes by Holly Jackson

1258 reviews

nolemdaer's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

This was so much fun! I absolutely flew through it in basically one sitting—the quick pace and production log inserts paired with short, action-packed narrative chapters made it go down incredibly easy, as well as an enticing mystery where it was enjoyable and satisfying to see all the parts fit together. Pip is a fun narrator, although the “good girl” shtick wasn’t really played with (which might have actually been a boon; I don’t know if I could have stood her being referred to as a “good girl” incessantly for the sake of the title). The investigation included Pip and Ravi actually doing a lot, which is always great to see in a murder mystery—and a good amount of what she was doing included nitty-gritty bureaucratic stuff like scanning old Facebook pages or utilizing Rights to Information acts to gain access to old interviews. It added a touch of realism, even if you know many of the clues just fall a little too perfectly into place. I loved the ending and some of the answers we got.

I don’t think this is a thicky plotty mysterious procedural masterpiece, but I also don’t think anyone was asking for it to be. It was a sharp, exciting YA mystery with a likable cast of characters that tied itself up nicely without being trite. Some of the “social awareness” parts were laid on a little thick, like the Jackson suddenly realized she needed to acknowledge how racism and bias might play out in the book and scrawled out a few paragraphs to make sure she was covered, but I’m not going to begrudge that too much. Super enjoyable time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Animal death, and Drug use

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Sexual assault

CW: roofies

elizabreann's review against another edition

I feel like a dead dog trigger warning would have been nice but Libby lapsed and after that I didn’t want to pick it back up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

abception's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

OK, I see the hype.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Toxic friendship, Confinement, Drug use, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Dementia, and Fatphobia

asiminam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Grief, Rape, Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

persefonitas's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

dawnilton's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

This book reminded me of Pretty Little Liars. The setting, case, characters - everything was so similar to PLL. The only reason why this book feels different than PLL is because of our main characters and since the book is written from the main character, Pip's POV it felt different. It really felt like a A+ student getting too attached to a cold case and bringing all different kinds of trouble that comes with it. 
Plot wise, all the typical murder mystery things happens in this book - false leads, alot of messed up people in a small town, death threats etc. But this book shines with the creativity of the writing styles - we had diary entries, interview transcripts, hand drawn diagrams that Pip drew. It was just really fun to read. 
Like I mentioned earlier, Pip was the reason why I enjoyed the book as much as I did. I loved her character and nervous rambling quirk haha. I have to talk about Ravi because he was so pure, nice and loyal. His character was everything I didn't think I needed in a character. 
The ending of this book was a little disappointing to me. I just hoped that the ending wouldn't be like PLL -

that Andie Bell was actually alive. But the fake Andie really threw me off. I didn't really enjoy that twist. It felt kind of forced to me and like it was just done for the sake of having another plot twist.

But the last reveal - I didn't see coming. That was crazy.
So overall, it was a nice thriller, murder mystery book. It wasn't something ground breaking or different. But it was still an enjoyable read. 
  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse and Animal death

annaae's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, and Murder

alexandradamico's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It was a good book but younger writing style, very interesting and hooking but not my favorite book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Drug use

Moderate: Animal death

marii_cha's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

This book is what sparked my love for reading so it has a soft spot in my heart.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Animal death, Death, Drug use, and Blood

ojudge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was incredible! I found myself unable to put it down. My busy schedule is the only thing that keep me from sitting down and reading it in one go! Twists and turns with every turn of a page. I found myself being unable to guess what was coming next. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Drug use, Violence, and Animal death