Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

27 reviews

ghostsversion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. And here I was, thinking Holly couldn’t write an even more awesome book. The twists and turns this book took were just something else. No wonder she said this was her favorite. Though I did start looking around my room for any hidden cameras cuz Bel was just a little too much relatable in my opinion. Also the way you think this is just a me vs her thing and then it turns into a story about mothers and daughters and the bonds between them? Ugh, I love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

hal00alex's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Stalking, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Dementia, Infertility, Vomit, Violence, and Murder

christygsp's review against another edition

3.5

Kept me pretty interested. I actually couldn’t stand the suspense on who to trust and who not to so I looked up spoilers around halfway through. 
You basically couldn’t trust ANYONE in this story, and that drove me a little insane. It keeps you on the edge but it’s also maddening to try and connect to anyone. Anyone at all. 
At one point or another I basically hated everyone. It was twisty and maddening, and yet it still had me. It was really well done. The mystery overall was unexpected and great. The documentary elements were fun. Characters were a disaster, but on purpose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, and Death

undercover_booklover's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Body shaming, Cursing, Dementia, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Stalking

lilylovestoread's review

dark 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Dementia, Murder, Gaslighting, Cursing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Bullying, Body shaming, and Sexual content

emmajh91's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Violence, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Dementia, Murder, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

alicia_g's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

holly jackson does it again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Death, Cursing, Murder, Confinement, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol and Eating disorder

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Abandonment and Confinement

reghan_32's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Stalking, and Cursing

Minor: Abandonment and Torture

glutenfreebread's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

honestly kind of a letdown. I love GGG and 5 Survive because of their pacing and twisty stories, but this book had me re-reading passages and going back pages to try and find context I missed because it felt like the story was jumping around SO much during the middle portion. Yes, I still loved the twists, and yes the ending had my jaw on the floor... But again, I had to re-read everything to understand the twists,

because of how wedged they were between Bel's, honestly, unfounded distrust in Rachel when she first reappeared.

And the ending felt unfinished. Half thought over, yet fully understandable. 
I'm super conflicted, my heart likes this book, but my head just can't stop being nitpicky.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Abandonment, and Confinement

Moderate: Cursing, Gaslighting, Stalking, Pregnancy, Blood, and Infertility

Minor: Alcohol