Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

23 reviews

katerinamckenna's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

isitcertain's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

i cried

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Torture

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

aep215's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Injury/Injury detail

wishyouweresober's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Racism, and Car accident

annabelreadsandwrites's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Hate crime

jupiter_56's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

ç’est tres amusant !  zis waz so tearjerking. Absolutely fantastique… C’était un masterpiece. Ravi and Pip were made for my home country! ( ze ville of love) 
Aldough… it was nasty, crusty, dusty, rusty and etc ;) 

- french critique 
Madame Delecoire Monet
 (oui)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Blood, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Deportation

Minor: Genocide

sophshelves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

strawberrysage's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Honestly wasn’t expecting much since I’m not much of a murder mystery or true-crime person but I decided to try something different and I’m absolutely hooked. The suspension, Pip and Ravi’s relationship, every part of this book is amazing. I’d say it’s a great book to start off with if you’re looking into murder mystery or true crime-type books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Rape, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

books_and_rainydays's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

The first thing I have to say is that this book held me from beginning to end and that despite being written in the 3rd person (being that I prefer to read books written in the 1st person) it has a writing style that really captivated me. It is mysterious, has an unexpected ending and nothing is what it seems. I really felt like I was investigating with Pip.

And to end on a good note, I just want to point out how perfect Ravi is.

I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.

Sincerely, I really wasn't counting on that ending. Elliot being Sal's killer? Becca seeing her own sister die and the only thing she did was hide her dead body? I seriously came to consider that Andie had run away and killed Sal! But what really made me cry (I was probably the only person who cried reading this. It's not my fault I'm so emotional) was Barney's death... I thought that whoever it was, the "Unknown" was going to keep his promise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abandonment