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Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

47 reviews

mishasbooks's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Cancer, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

hayleythegoose's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Blood, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Vomit, Fatphobia, Animal death, and Rape

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia

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

math_scooter's review

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

græder græder og græder så meget at jeg måtte kæmpe for at læse de sidste kapitler af bogen gennem mine tårer. måtte stoppe mig selv fra ikke bare, at bestille den sidste i serien online lige med det samme.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Death, Stalking, Gun violence, Child death, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual assault, Car accident, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Cancer

cristinareading's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault

kelseyr713's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

As soon as I finished the first book in this series, I put books 2 and 3 on hold at the library. Book 2 did NOT disappoint, and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The mystery was intriguing and was satisfyingly solved, in addition to wrapping up a loose end from book 1. There are some odd British-isms, like in the first book, despite being set in Connecticut, but everything else was so compelling I let that slide. Can't wait to read the final book in the trilogy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Stalking, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Animal death, Car accident, and Adult/minor relationship

zoeesreads's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, and Car accident

alibrarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book really makes you love Holly Jackson. Her writing style is so creative, her characters engaging, and the themes/tone of her work is so real. 

Good Girl, Bad Blood is a sequel that actually got better than the first in the series and I can say it’s largely due to the fact Jackson doesn’t shy away from the nitty gritty. She wrote YA, but she doesn’t gloss over tragedy, heartbreak, or all the ways people can be awful to each other. At the same time, she writes empathetic villains who turn out to maybe not be the villain at all, redemption stories you don’t expect, and the reality of exactly what’s left behind once the mystery is solved. And I LOVE that. I love that she plays with the intricacies of human emotion because nothing is black and white, but even the grey is often sanitized. But this is the grey unapologetically at its smudgiest. 

Overall, I also really enjoyed that Pop has that moment where she realizes she doesn’t have to be likable to be herself. It’s a hard lesson, but amazing development. 10/10 would recommend this whole series so far.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Child death, and Panic attacks/disorders

sophiesometimesreads's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Firstly, I really hope my girl Pip gets a LOT of therapy after what’s happened to her in the first two books!

I really enjoyed this book, I felt like I flew through it and it was such an easy read but also gripping. I just wanted to know what happened! I liked how it was similar to the first book but it was more of a “what happened” mystery as opposed to a “who did it” mystery. It felt familiar but not a carbon copy of the first book.

The ending was not predictable, as such, but I did have an inkling as to who was involved partway through the book so I did drop the rating by 0.25 stars. In saying this, I definitely didn’t predict the whole story and the why of it all so it was very interesting.

I got attached to the characters and felt for them as their stories unfolded.

And the relief I felt when Jamie was found alive, on my god!

I really enjoyed this and am excited to read the third instalment in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Fatphobia and Cursing

Minor: Stalking