Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

23 reviews

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

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

sobbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kalefactory's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

shafirareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

As always, the ending of the book interests me more than the first half of the book.

At first, it was really boring it made me fall asleep mid-reading. Mainly because of the mc's log documents. It's like reading reports (it was reports).  I like the mc's character that was very smart and brave. But I don't like the mc's love interest/partner. He was misogynistic. He wasn't really smart, brave, or a really amazing person either. The only reason he was interesting was because he sticked beside the mc's side.

I know the partner lost one of his beloved persons in his life and put everything to uncover the truth about his big brother but he forced the mc too "stay on the project" just when the mc lost one of her beloved things while in truth she did that to protect him too. I understand where he is coming from, but I don't like it.

The mystery really intrigued me to keep reading the book. The actual perpetrator wasn't too easily covered. I know many crime/thriller books that have an easy to guess plot twist and perpetrator, so this book was interesting enough to read until the end.

I think this book could actually become a stand-alone, but I guess the author just decided to continue it. I will read the complete series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Rape, Torture, and Car accident

priscillarobock's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

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

georg_11's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

Fun and tense mystery novel. Definitely a darker YA book with mentions of some heavy topics, all within the scope of a murder mystery. Felt inspired by the Seriel Podcast and other murder podcasts with its unique writing techniques. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

jackieyvette's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.75

This book was a random read to get into the fall feels, and it did not disappoint.
The main characters were the perfect mix of serious and unserious in all the best ways, and even the secondary characters that make up the friends and family of Pippa were perfect. Ravi and Pippa are a perfect pairing, and I can't wait to see what mystery they'll solve next. 
The story itself was a great crime/thriller while still holding onto that YA feeling. I spent the whole time trying to distinguish who to trust and who could have possibly done the crime we didn't even know was actually committed. I'm happy with the ending and found it to be realistic and not super outlandish and convoluted like a lot of murder/crime-centric media usually is. 
And in the midst of reading, I found out it's getting made into a series, so I'll be on the lookout for that. Off to the next Pippa and Ravi adventure.


Crying score: ugh yes

a dog dies

P.S. read the TWs there are a lot, so it is important to be informed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

imogen2012's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail