Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

144 reviews

tommmmm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Vomit, Murder, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Rape

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

jlo26's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Sexual violence, and Drug use

johannarahn's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Drug abuse

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

lemonyanemone's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

4.0

It could have been an easy 5⭐️ read, but

Spoiler

they killed Barney off

and I think it was unnecessary. 


This was the closest I've ever got to that feeling of playing Nancy Drew games as a kid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

beyourbestshelf's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Animal death

allydavis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Fast paced mystery. Lots of plot twists! I didn’t see the ending coming! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Bullying, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

unicorngirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Rape, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Emotional abuse