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The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

9 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

lilylovestoread's review against another edition

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

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

glutenfreebread's review against another edition

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

caitlinspeachyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Stalking, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Miscarriage

thevanessa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Pulled me out of a reading slump! It’s been a while that I’ve stayed up reading because I couldn’t put it down. I loved it a lot, but I won’t lie when I say, the ending gave me As Good As Dead vibes, as in, things were a little too unbelievable😅 other than that, I already want to read it again now that I know how everything played out; read with a new perspective. In conclusion, I love Holly Jackson, and already can’t wait for a new book🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Stalking, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Dementia

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

wylanslcve's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

the funny thing about this book is that, even though I'd already pieced together 85% of what really happened fairly early on, holly jackson somehow managed to confuse me and make me second-guess myself consistently throughout this book in typical holly jackson fashion but honestly? I'm not complaining - this book is incredible in every sense of the word. it's very much what you'd expect there to be in one of jackson's books, filled with twists and turns and a meticulously-crafted mystery that left me completely hooked. seriously, I powered through most of the second half of this book in a single day, which is unusual for me nowadays. I do, however, have a couple of gripes with this one because no book is perfect and you need to be able to critically evaluate the media you're consuming, especially if it's media you enjoy:

1) the romance in this felt underdeveloped and frankly a bit forced. the chemistry between the two characters comes out of nowhere given how their dynamic never really changes over the course of the book, and even though it was sweet I didn't really care for it because of how little relationship development there is between them. they still felt like strangers to each other (at least, from my perspective) and it seemed like the only reason they were even paired with each other is because the love interest was the only age-appropriate person within bel's proximity.

2) I had a similar issue with some of jackson's other books (namely a good girl's guide to murder since the structure of the reappearance of rachel price is more similar to that than five survive), but it felt like most of the people were giving information up way too easily. I know bel is characterised as a persistent, "doesn't take no for an answer" type of person, but the way people were giving her the information she needed almost instantaneously without bel having to put up much of a fight felt extremely unrealistic to me. I get it, it's fiction, it's ya, it's meant to be unrealistic, but it still bothered me.

regardless, this book did not disappoint and holly jackson remains an instant-read author for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Torture, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Violence, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

shesflippinpages's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Alcohol, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence