Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

415 reviews

booknerdz28's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Bullying, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Vomit, and Body shaming

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Drug use, Murder, Abandonment, Bullying, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

mone1313's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

laheath's review against another edition

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

michaelholdenismyhusbandtyvm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Vomit, Bullying, Violence, Addiction, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Dementia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide attempt

nick13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

This whole book was a really good time and I couldn't stop reading, I was completely hooked! 

And then the ending happened and I was bored lol. But overall, it was a damn good story with great characters, just with an ending that leaves you just a bit bothered. Still, overall the plot was good enough for me to want to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault and Drug abuse

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

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Grief, Kidnapping, Death, Animal death, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

lilawsahar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-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

4.5

I could not put it down. I loved the budding romance between Ravi and Pippa (I kind of wish the age gap was a little closer just because she’s in high school). I loved the complexity of how the murders occurred especially since  Andie knew/had a lot of secrets. 

Spoiler

I knew that Mr.Ward was the secret boyfriend and that Becca was involved in the murder. However, I thought the reporter and drug dealer were involved on it too. I can’t believe Becca killed her dog/she tried to kill Pippa. That’s fucked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Kidnapping, Racism, Rape, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

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