Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

17 reviews

iaapproved's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Abandonment

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

draculagirl's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Vomit, Car accident, and Death of parent

abi_ineedtoreadmore's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

safety_pin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual assault

atlas_224's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Animal death