Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

137 reviews

zam_ahaana's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book genuinely broke my brain. The plot twists at the end?? They hit you like a TRUCK. I had CHILLS in the reveal. 10/10 book, I WISH I could re-read it for the first time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

gray_birch's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

Really good left me guessing right to the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Cursing

eq_isi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

SPOILERS! 
Y’all I cannot! This book is actually so good.
The plot twist was pretty good, considering we thought it was one

murderer who killed Sal and Andie, but it was actually two (kinda). I can’t believe Cara’s dad killed Sal, but in some deranged way it made sense. And Andie’s death? BY HER OWN SISTER? Technically it wasn’t premeditated because her sister was dying and she left her there, but she did hide the body. And to think it hadn’t been found after 5 years, she did a good job.

BUT… there’s one thing I cannot forgive.

BARNEY. WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE? It wasn’t necessary.

My heart was broken.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Bullying, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Murder, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Grief, Car accident, and Cursing

uney90's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming and Bullying

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Cursing, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Murder

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

eviejo_07's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book had a crazy, crazy plot. I was completely shook and couldn’t put it down in the last 50%. HOWEVER, this book has some heavy topics that are not for everyone. There are frequent mentions of drugs, SA, and other dark themes that made sense considering the motive of the crime but still was an aspect of the book I didn’t enjoy. Also, there is some profanity. Overall a pretty good read with some really good characters. I know it’s the first of a trilogy, but I would image the next books are darker so I’m not sure I’ll read them 🤷‍♀️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing

Minor: Animal death, Trafficking, Suicide, and Stalking

murren_wattxx's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

Ever since I started reading again, I've seen this book everywhere, and after putting it off for so long I finally decided to give it a read, and my goodness, I was pleasantly surprised. I'm not really one to label books as "fast-paced", most books are medium to me, however, THIS BOOK was most definitely fast-paced; there was always something going on in every chapter (I really liked that). I also admire the amount of imagery and creativity in terms of format that the book provided. We got maps, a people of interest list, her capstone entries, her phone calls and emails with other people

lowkey wished we got to see the murder board

. Overall, I had a great time reading this book and as an avid adult thriller reader, I really liked it for the genre that it was in. But because I read a lot of thrillers, the ending/twists didn't shock me, but it was still a fun read nonetheless. 

I'm so glad Max got what he deserved in the end. But as for Naomi, I'm still a bit salty that she wasn't charged, but Cara is innocent, and ripping her last known family member away would be awful so I'm going to let it slide. Especially considering I know Naomi probably feels guilty enough, indirectly causing her best friend's death and all.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

jm27's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Bullying, Car accident, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, and Infidelity