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Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

22 reviews

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The first book I ever cried about

I hated Stanley Forbes in the first book but he didn’t deserve to meet that fate even if he was who he was in the past

Another great book by Holly Jackson

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Eating disorder, Bullying, Child death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Child abuse

ellarae0111's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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

Amazing book! Adventurous but you have to read the first book to understand a few things. Suspenseful and had me reading till 12:30 last night! Amazing plot and amazing characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Bullying, Child death, Murder, Police brutality, Vomit, Body horror, Car accident, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Trafficking, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

alexiconic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

3.25

mysterious and interesting. after AGGTM, this book takes some of the consequences of the last and manages to be a consistent and coherent follow-up. 

pip isn’t my favorite character

- she can be a little insensitive to some of her co-characters (especially Nat!) and has inexplicably become an expert at police investigative procedures without development of those skills. i would have loved a chapter or two of her enjoying casual researching on investigations, just so her almost over-professional knowledge is explained better. that also would have made a fantastic contrast with the end, where she experiences this from a different side, as a direct witness. either way, pip’s mental health and the way it is discussed were very strong points in this book.

i enjoyed how the different characters were introduced and how a new mystery was developed without entirely neglecting the first. that was impressive and really immersive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

abicaro17's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-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

Jackson does it again in the sequel to AGGGTM. Pippa once again investigates as her friends older brother goes missing and the police won't investigate. In this new installment Pippa is determined to rescue her friends brother and return him safely. This new book retains all the joy and intrigue of the first while remaining different from the first books story. The only way this is really bad though is because Sal is in this book way less than the first unfortunately. I am so excited to see where Jackson takes the story into the second and accompanying novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Drug use, Rape, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Car accident, Cursing, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

juliaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

never thought i would like stanley forbes, he deserved better at the end, he was just a child

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Cancer, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Confinement

lucylouise7's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Stalking, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, and Murder

m0rdred_the_fallen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Agarré este libro porque había oído buenas cosas de la autora, pero no me dí cuenta de que es el 2do en la serie hasta que me metí aquí a Storygraph y pensé en dejarlo para después cuando tuviera el 1ero

Oh. Mi. Titán.

Que bueno que no lo hice, es de los mejores misterios que he leído, de no ser por mi trabajo me hubiera terminado el libro en un día. A ver, no voy a mentir si es sorprendente donde inician y donde terminan, pero el misterio no está mal hecho, las diferentes tramas son resueltas en tiempo y forma, los giros de trama que tiene van construyendo la expectativa para cuando se revela la verdad del asunto, los temas que trata y la forma en que Pip cambia a lo largo del libro *cheff kiss*

Hay 3 cosas que me gustaría resaltar:
1)

El uso del trope No somos tan distintos/somos iguales con la revelación de que Charlie Green es el hermano menor de la última víctima del Monstruo de Margate porque, en efecto, Pip y él no son distintos, Charlie incluso le ayuda a Pip a llegar a terminos con su propia forma de ser. Quisiera que usaran así el trope más seguido, que ni tú ni el personaje estén del todo seguros (o bien sepan) que son iguales. Les apuesto lo que quieran a que Pip no derrama ni una lágrima por Max Hastings.

2)

Pip toma la justicia en sus manos y Charlie Green obtiene su venganza y ni la autora o uno de los personajes sale de santurrón con No, esa no es la forma de proceder, debes subirte a este pedestal de moralidad hueca y decirte que eres mejor que eso hasta que te convenzas. Miren no digo que haya que hacer siempre como ellos, pero le tengo un gran respeto a Charlie por haberse puesto esa meta y lograrlo (A diferencia de Edmond Dantés). Y también me siento orgulloso de que Pip vandalizara la casa de los Hastings y que defendiera a Stanley Forbes

3) Que Pip encuentre su sentido de moral propio y que decida vivir según este es de los mejores mensajes que he visto en tiempos recientes. 

Ya auiero leer los otros libros en esta serie 😄😄 

Sobre lo de que Max Hastings sale libre a pesar de ser un violador en serie comprobado, me encantaria un libro donde la víctima es él. Acusan a Pip del crimen e investiga el caso para limpiar su nombre pero dejanfo ir libre al verdadero culpable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Torture

Minor: Car accident, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

bill_nai_bxtch's review

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

laurenp812's review

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy the 2nd instalment as much as the first and at some points I found myself wondering if I really cared about the storyline. But as the plot moved in it became more exciting and unbelievable. You would not have guessed the ending!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Murder, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

bookwormnici's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Violence