Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

82 reviews

sonjaelisee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Whoever was in charge of editing out the British-isms in the US version... I do not think you succeeded. This book was so clearly British pretending to be American, it honestly took me out of the story. A lot of the dialog felt totally unnatural for Americans. And there were other clues, especially related to the police that instantly told you this was not an American story. There were also so many instances where corrections that would have been super minor  (ex. "you fancied me" could have been easily changed to "you liked me" or "you were into me") were left unedited that it ended up feeling a little lazy. I almost wished I picked up the British version instead. 

Despite that minor critique, I really enjoyed the book. I saw a few things coming but the way we got there still surprised me and I enjoyed piecing the clues together along with Pippa and figuring out how it all connected. I will be picking up the rest of the books in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, and Death of parent

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Eating disorder, Self harm, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

keeleyanne24601's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

emilychristina's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Racism, and Rape

esv_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, and Death of parent

macysvibe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

just a great book read it basically in 2 days because i was on my mission trip and read 44% to my mission site and the rest on my way home. 10/10 recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

addisonrutherford09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

This book was amazing. I've never read any sort of murder mystery or crime novel before and this book was incredible. I must admit, I read this book in a matter of a day and a half and stayed up much to late reading it. 
First of all, I really loved how this book was written with Pip's journal/notes making up a large part of the writing. The way the book was narrarated was incredibly real and nothing about the characters, setting or plot felt fake or forced at all. 
Second of all, the plot twists and writing through out the novel gave me shivers multiple times. It was scary at times and I loved it!
This book was not slow at all amd as I mentioned before, it had me from the first page till the end, which did not disappoint.
I definitely would recommend this book to anyone, regardless of their experience with murder, crime or mystery novels! It's amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Vomit, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

lenaricharz's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

morgan_rudderow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol