Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

18 reviews

sakisreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.5

I read this for Book Club and ooh, it was DRAMATIC! 😳 The concept of Pip investigating a murder for an EPQ was ridiculous but I still was gripped during every moment, especially the last 40% where things got more mixed up! 

Putting down a spoiler below (so do not read if you don’t want to know), so I can take it to Book Club ✨

I cannot BELIEVE that Elliot Ward, in the end, was Sal’s killer and had abducted an Andie Bell look-alike, Isla, for his old house he’d supposedly sold 🫠 I also found it slightly convenient that Becca Bell was the one who did the killing; I feel like if there’s one critique for this book is that maybe this wasn’t really discussed before the confessional came, so the shock felt a bit too easy and without enough set-up. But still, SUPER WILD 😫

I am sometimes a little bit skeptical of BookTok’s favourites (because I detested It Ends With Us), but this one is definitely a go ✨ Easy to read and emotional, especially towards the end! 🥲❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, and Death of parent

jupiter_56's review against another edition

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

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

Minor: Genocide

zeyreads's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

things100's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Death of parent

Wow ok where to start this was my first mystery type book and my first book without any smut in as long as I can remember but wow this book was immaculate I didn’t even miss the lack of romance. This story had my full attention for days I mean I would be thinking about it constantly with all the plot twists and new information. It was fabulously done, it would be a perfect book for a book club because there is just so much going on and so much you could discuss. The story follows Pip a grade 12 doing her capstone projet on a murder that occurred in her town 5 years ago only Pip doesn’t think the so called murder did it. Its a story about a bad ass fmc who doesn’t let anyone tell her what she can or can’t do. She unapologetically in what she does and finding out the truth on what really happened all those years ago and who really was Andie Bell. It written as is the book itself is the capstone journal with text message exchanges and transcripts its very visual which I loved as someone who sometimes needs that extra imagery. I cannot recommend this book enough 100/10, couldn’t put it down. I’m very excited to read the next two books. But to be clear the Andie Bell mystery will be wrapped up at the end of the book so you don’t need to commit to the entire series right away. I hope you love this book as much as I did cuties 🥰.

jodyreads's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Animal death and Self harm

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

valley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book kept me on edge and i read it in just four days, staying up late so i could finish it. I liked how no character was portrayed as "pure evil", their emotions, feelings and reasons for what they did were explained well.

Tho Max can frick off, because what he did has no reason other than him having no regard for others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

heyitsmica's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

So so good oh my god it's so worth the read, I finished it in 2 days and I loved it, especially the end, please read this! It's awesome with a good ending too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kirbylover16's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

Great I love that it didn't focus on the romance. I love that there are so many jokes like yall you self study you don't study with people keeps the door open. The Ending very climatic and I can believe this could have happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Stalking, and Murder