Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

494 reviews

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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: Murder, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Animal death and Self harm

meaghanslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Do you ever pick up a book and partway through you realize, wait I’ve read this before?

That’s what happened to me. I started reading a good girls guide to murder and then I was like wait why do I feel like I know what’s going to happen.

Then, I realized I’ve read the book already but it was before I started keeping track of my ratings.

I’m watched a YouTube video that breaks down the book because I don’t exactly remember the details but I remember thinking it was an interesting style of writing and the plot twist of the actual killer did kind of get me. I can’t rate this book that highly because I did forget I read it. 

 I do have the second book, which I’m sure I haven’t read yet and the positive reviews of this series also make me want to continue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Self harm, Bullying, Car accident, Sexual assault, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse

sop17hie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

The pictures of maps and Facebook posts were such a fun addition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, Death, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Xenophobia, Self harm, Murder, Drug use, Car accident, Bullying, and Alcohol

laheath's review

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? No

4.0

Fast-paced YA mystery centered around a murder that occurred 5 years ago.  Lots of twists that had me revising my theory repeatedly.  It was frustrating to read a few of the typical mistakes seen in mystery/horror novels/movies, such as a girl taking her dog for a walk alone in the woods at night after receiving threatening messages.  However, there were a lot of unique elements in the plot and the characters were interesting.  The epilogue, 2 months later, seemed a little anticlimactic and I had a couple of unanswered questions, but I'll definitely be reading the other books in the series.

Check the trigger warnings before reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Alcohol, and Animal death

Minor: Dementia, Vomit, and Self harm

toriwatson'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape, Animal death, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Self harm

solasuaine's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, Drug use, and Self harm

gurnoor's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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 and Drug use

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm

irene_am's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, and Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Self harm

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Racism, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Suicide, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Drug use, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Sexual violence

Minor: Gaslighting and Vomit