Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

33 reviews

emilysreadingbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

savgulick's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Terminal illness

megan_deathe'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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! The first section was a little slow however when it really started going it was actually quite tense. I had no idea where the ending was going so I read it in about 8 hours. The layout of the book was really unique as you have some sections in normal story format, some in the characters personal notes for her project and then other extra bits like interview transcripts, this really helped me immerse into the story. I loved the two main characters Pip and Ravi and I didn't find their dialogue over the top like in some YA books. Overall it is a very strong book and I'm excited to read the sequel 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Vomit