Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

694 reviews

splurglofl's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Self harm, and Grief

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

beth_s98's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book! The mystery was well paced, and the clues were all scattered in in a way that was believable. There were of course some red herrings, but all the twists made sense. I highly recommend! 

There are two different versions of this book - one published in the UK (the original) and one published in the US. While the differences aren’t huge, I do think some of the changes do affect the character of the story. I was reading along with a copy of the original text, and I felt the culture of being set in the UK made a lot of sense with some of the situations that happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

pembebeyin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Pedophilia, Self harm, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

solitaire_and_checkers's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm

laurak483's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Kidnapping

moonchild_cos's review

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

lamard's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, and Vomit

alisa_v's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

This book is a medium-paced murder mystery that slowly unravels many secrets of Pip's (main character's) town.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Self harm, Suicide, Trafficking, and Death of parent

lauragoose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

This book is very YA in that there are inappropriate age gap relationships all over the place, wild child logic, and fairly predictable plot points. I didn't guess the final two twists ahead of time so I'll give the book credit for that. It made me chuckle a few times, and I felt genuinely sad for characters many times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail