Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

101 reviews

laurenfro22's review against another edition

2.75

Notes:
- white savior up the wazoo. Are we not going to talk about racial profiling? No intersectional understanding of issues? No?
- slapstick diversity
- ring? Fancy? (Edit: my wife told me the author is from the UK which explains SO MUCH ffs)
- mc is an idiot masquerading as a Ivy League bound high schooler
- what high schooler is doing a CAPSTONE?
- what high schooler has time to do all the bananas sh*t unquestioned?
- HOW did the MC not end up dead with the batsh*t decisions to confront suspects ALONE
- Ethics is calling and they’d like to speak to the MC
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loses a whole star for the dog dying. Absolutely unnecessary

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so many things that needed an adult or authority intervention. Date r*pe? Drugs? Teachers getting involved with students? I mean are you serious? I know I’m old but I’m not THAT old

TL;DR: it was a quick, formulaic book with poor character development, questionable motives, and a heaping scoop of racial insensitivity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent and Fatphobia

iamtheham's review

dark emotional 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: Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body shaming, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Drug use, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Dementia

the_outsiders_addicted's review

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Animal death, Sexual assault, Self harm, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Rape, and Murder

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Self harm, Stalking, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Racism

Minor: Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

lialovesreading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book was literally AMAZING. I was super surprised with the plot twists and every scene was insane. There were so many characters that I was so suspicious of and even if they weren't the main person, I loved how developed their stories were. I don't even know what to say because this book was just so amazing. You seriously have to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Murder, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Car accident

Minor: Self harm, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Dysphoria, and Fatphobia

lavenderprince01's review

dark emotional funny 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

Omg! This book was so good!
When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it and discussing it with my friend who had read it
It was so tense and stressful in the best possible way

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Racism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Animal death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, and Self harm

lriveraf22's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Loved the book. It kept me hooked the ENTIRE time. Trying to plot out the murder as they did was so fun. The balance between revelation and character build was quite nice.

It only gets points off because of the ending. The love story between Ravi and Pippa felt rushed and weird. Age gap is old, how they developed felt odd… it felt to far-fetched for me. But maybe that’s what book #2 is all about…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Drug use, Death of parent, Animal death, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Violence, and Mental illness

sienna1508's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

I really loved this book and at the end I couldn’t put it down! Don’t spoil yourself ;)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Fatphobia

flooffy_wabbits's review

dark fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Suicide, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Addiction

caroline_peacock's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Stalking, Blood, Child death, Bullying, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Grief, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Cursing, and Animal death

Minor: Fatphobia, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Confinement, and Death of parent