Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

46 reviews

ellarae0111's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

teawitchontravel's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Personally didn't like it. Idea was good execution wasn't and characters (especially mc) were annoying and stupid.

sophiegrubben's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Ravi, my love, you deserved none of the things that happened to you or your family <3 
 

got the murder semi right from pages 75-82 ish and did guess somewhat ish correctly the take that andie might still be alive. the plottwist still hit me like a ton of bricks though. but fuck Elliot you massive creep. Becca I felt sorry for, but Elliot can rot forever. I hope you get everything you deserve xx

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

laffi's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

lunar_witch'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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

juliaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I LOVED THIS BOOK. i wanted to read it as soon i found out they were going to make it a series, im just mad i read it this late.
anyway, the suspense is so good that you cant put the book down and i cried when her dog died

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia

caitlyn_kittle_kinnick's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

acebooknerd_07's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

Definitely an entertaining, twisty mystery! The twists are not predictable but not completely out of left field either (that’s a good thing IMO) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

morningblue's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder