Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

157 reviews

mrsmishler's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

kozufen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? N/A

5.0

i loved this book just as much as the first one. I couldn’t stop reading once i started getting into it. It’s very mysterious but has a bit of romance in it as well, which I love. The plots had me staring at the wall with my mouth open (especially the ending). Would recommend this anytime!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cursing, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

cheriemary's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Great sequel to one of the best reads ever. The books give a cinematic experience towards the ending of the book which felt different from the first one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Abandonment, Death, and Gun violence

ephemeralzen's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Blood, Racism, Sexual violence, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

gothmiku's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Rape, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Death of parent, Animal death, Bullying, and Cancer

thorn_n_thistle_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, Child abuse, and Child death

rinyy'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death and Child abuse

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

Like the first book in the series, this was also an incredible book. I did find it to be a little less together than 'A Good Girls Guide to Murder' but I still absolutely loved the book. The characters and the plot line were well planned and executed. I watch and read a lot of crime based shows, movies and books and often find myself working out the ending way before I reach it but with this, there were so many options and twists that I found myself guessing over and over again as the plot developed.

Again, the audiobook only added to my reading experience with this book as it is a full cast audiobook but it also has phone calls as actual phone calls, when Pip is reading from her case notes, you can hear the movement of paper, when she records conversations, you can hear the equipment whirring and beeping etc. The audiobook was a fully immersive experience and it was brilliant. I also really enjoyed hearing elements of the podcast created by Pip in this book, it was a clever continuation from the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, Cursing, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Rape, Stalking, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

whosgina's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

Minor: Drug use and Child abuse

bill_nai_bxtch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

This was an amazing read! The only reason this one isn’t getting 5 stars is because everything came together too quickly in the end compared to the first book. It also seemed to come out of nowhere, but it was still written so well and gave me the shock of the century. Definitely wasn’t expecting this ending. Worth the read!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Cancer, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia