Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

132 reviews

mone1313's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

eviejo_07's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book had a crazy, crazy plot. I was completely shook and couldn’t put it down in the last 50%. HOWEVER, this book has some heavy topics that are not for everyone. There are frequent mentions of drugs, SA, and other dark themes that made sense considering the motive of the crime but still was an aspect of the book I didn’t enjoy. Also, there is some profanity. Overall a pretty good read with some really good characters. I know it’s the first of a trilogy, but I would image the next books are darker so I’m not sure I’ll read them 🤷‍♀️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing

Minor: Animal death, Trafficking, Suicide, and Stalking

murren_wattxx's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

meeklovestoread'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? No

4.5

Ever since I started reading again, I've seen this book everywhere, and after putting it off for so long I finally decided to give it a read, and my goodness, I was pleasantly surprised. I'm not really one to label books as "fast-paced", most books are medium to me, however, THIS BOOK was most definitely fast-paced; there was always something going on in every chapter (I really liked that). I also admire the amount of imagery and creativity in terms of format that the book provided. We got maps, a people of interest list, her capstone entries, her phone calls and emails with other people

Spoiler

lowkey wished we got to see the murder board

. Overall, I had a great time reading this book and as an avid adult thriller reader, I really liked it for the genre that it was in. But because I read a lot of thrillers, the ending/twists didn't shock me, but it was still a fun read nonetheless. 

Spoiler

I'm so glad Max got what he deserved in the end. But as for Naomi, I'm still a bit salty that she wasn't charged, but Cara is innocent, and ripping her last known family member away would be awful so I'm going to let it slide. Especially considering I know Naomi probably feels guilty enough, indirectly causing her best friend's death and all.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

jm27's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Bullying, Car accident, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, and Infidelity

claire_leibovitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Addiction, Murder, Cancer, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Self harm, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Terminal illness

grace_reads13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Murder, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

samflowerv6's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Deadnaming, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Cursing, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

Minor: Rape

suhani_paliwal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Animal death

Minor: Cursing, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Suicide, Grief, Death, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Car accident

Minor: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Racism, and Infidelity