Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

814 reviews

emmmaustin's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide

chronic_listener's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

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

fab72's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

Popolarità più che meritata, questo è da sottolineare. Ormai, in questo senso, sono diventata alquanto diffidente, pertanto mi sono avvicinata alla lettura di questo libro con un po’ di pregiudizi dovuti al fatto che praticamente chiunque lo avesse letto e ne avesse, prima o poi, parlato. Per fortuna mi sono sbagliata! La storia è molto dinamica e, soprattutto, nient’affatto scontata (anche se io, complice la mia esperienza con simili letture precedenti, ho rinunciato a scervellarmi per trovare una soluzione al mistero fondante della vicenda); anzi, va a toccare una serie di tematiche legate all’adolescenza o, in generale, a noi giovani. All’inizio non mi convinceva granché la struttura che alternava tra narrazione e diario di lavoro (se così lo posso definire), in particolare quando in quest’ultimo venivano trascritte le interviste, ridotte a mero scambio di battute tra due interlocutori. Tuttavia, col procedere incalzante delle pagine e della vicenda, ci ho fatto l’abitudine e, semmai, l’ho visto come un irrompere del punto di vista della protagonista e del suo modo di essere, pensare e agire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Suicide

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Vomit, Dementia, Stalking, Abortion, and Alcohol

chaoticdaisy11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Murder

readingthief's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Murder

vaayran's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

SPOILERS




I think my only issue with this book was the I Know What You Did Last Summer part of it all. I feel like the author could've given them another reason to lie to Pip for that long that didn't very much almost directly mirror the movie plot. Not to say it's the first time that has ever happened, but it kinda just took me out of it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Stalking, and Death of parent

adventuresintbrland's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

kjlewis494'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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Kidnapping and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death of parent