Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

128 reviews

startjpw23's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Pippa is going into her senior year at a high school in a small Connecticut town. For her senior project, she decides to investigate a murder and a suicide that occurred 5 years ago. A teen girl disappeared, and her boyfriend committed suicide. The boy is declared responsible for the disappearance and murder of the girl (her body is never discovered, but she is declared dead after the necessary amount of time passed). Pippa has doubts about the resolution of the conclusion the authorities came up with. The remainder of the book is Pippa and an ally trying to determine what actually happened. This book is a good YA mystery thriller. I found the solution of the mystery satisfying. There is teen murder, racism, bullying, a parent emotionally abusing his children, teen drug use, harm to an animal, sexual harassment, and off page rape. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a good YA mystery thriller with an engaging heroine and a complex mystery. If the issues I mention are a problem for you, you may want to avoid this book. Or, at least, look up content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Rape

demi_karvouni's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, and Kidnapping

mariananiekamp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

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

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

emfriez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

serendipity421's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

miss_marvel_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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? No

4.75

I inhaled this book in only two days bc i was so captivated by it.
It was very well written und the plot was so clear that i always understood what Pip was discovering yet again. 
In the middle it was a LITLLE slow bc it was just one new realisation after another. But than there came some big plot twists and everything was soo tense again until the very last page.
Plus I really liked the characters (she still had both partents lol) and she was kinda funny and relatable (even so she's a huge workaholic). I also liked Ravi and their chemistry <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

nicoleanthony's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Car accident

liabl_28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

❝ Because half less of a bad thing meant there was room for half good ❞

I don't know why i kept this on my tbr for so long. It's sooo good and, god, i loved (almost) every character and i loveeeed Pip, she's so intelligent and wonderful and sooo kind.
Also Ravi ??!! He's so me 😭 except for the rizz parts haha
I'm excited to see more of them and, the best person ever, Cara ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Murder