Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

O Desaparecimento Perfeito by Holly Jackson

45 reviews

beca_reads'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

4.25

This was good but definitely not as good as the first. This book felt slightly slower paced, and it took longer for plot twists to appear. I did love the character development of Pip and she really did come into her own as the protagonist. It was nice to see some of the background characters in the first book, get more of a main storyline. I am interested to see where it goes in the next book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emilysreadingbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, and Alcohol

susiep87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

izzyslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

WOW! Holly Jackson really raised the bar here...

I loved the first book and was very dubious about the second but it was incredible! I really liked the pacing and tone throughout the novel. The characterisation is just top-notch and I want to marry Pip (and maybe put her through some therapy). Plot twists galore in this book so be ready for that... The only thing I didn't love was how the book just launched straight into the action without explaining who Connor and Jamie were to Pip as that did confuse me at the beginning. However, overall, I absolutely love this book and cannot wait for the next instalment into the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Medical content and Toxic friendship

rachrreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

What a great sequel!

Pip released season 1 of her podcast, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, which outlined every detail of the Andie Bell case and her experience solving Andie’s murder. It did amazing and people are begging for another season, but Pip promised herself (and her parents), that she was done with that part of her life. Solving the Bell case not only put her in immense danger, but she became obsessive. 

But what can she do when her best friend, Connor knocks on her door begging her to help find his missing brother? How can she say no when the police are unwilling to help? 

This was such a great book. I cannot wait to read book 3.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Murder