Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

41 reviews

avacadogurl's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Love this series!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Car accident, Blood, Death, and Drug use

asipofcozy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I am keeping this review shortish because my brain is blah today! So I enjoyed Good Girl, Bad Blood (GGBB), still not as much as I enjoyed AGGGTM. AGGGTM focused on solving a murder case, and due to my love of true crime, I preferred that over a missing person's case, which is what Good Girl, Bad Blood focused on.

I will admit Holly Jackson does a great job of writing a mystery. Just like in AGGGTM, I really couldn't guess the whole ending. I put together some pieces early on, but that's it, and I am known for guessing a mystery very early on 😬.

Pip and her character development were interesting, to say the least. At first, you think that she has come out reasonably unscathed with solving the murder of Andie and Sal; however, the further you get into this book, you start to realize Pip is not all there, and she is slipping back into old and worse habits. She is so desperate for the truth that she is willing to do anything. However, with that being said Pip believes herself above the law. If someone else commits a crime, they are guilty. If she herself does something it's okay. Towards the end of GGBB, Pip becomes very hypocritical and self-centered.

GGBB could have been done without the "romance". The romance between Ravi and Pip was so silly and out of place. It's more of a best-friend relationship than a romantic one. GGBB isn't focused on romance and is all about mystery. So it's jarring when Ravi comes into a scene and you are reminded, "oh, that's right, they are together," and it happens every time. Also, Pip treats Ravi like trash in GGBB when he enters the few scenes he is in. She care's little for his thoughts and makes him feel like he is out to get her.

Finally, what really irked me about Pip was her taking away the voice of the sexual assault victims. She, herself, was never assaulted yet she makes the Max Hastings trial about her and only her. She pushes the true victims aside and tries to take the spotlight in the whole scenario. She took the victim's voices away, even if it was unintentional. That is NOT okay.

And when she finds out he is not guilty, she goes on this rampage as if her world was torn down around her and not the victims. Destroying his home and taking revenge for herself and not the girls that were assaulted by him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual assault

bornachoker's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

broke my heart ngl

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Self harm

amanda_hoog's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Grief

abi_ineedtoreadmore's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Amazing book, plays with your emotions in a way that emulates real life losses and how death and crime are not always solved and ended with happily ever after.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Bullying, Kidnapping, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexism, Child death, and Hate crime

mochiclouds's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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

5.0

IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT!! I love this series so much and actually i love the plot  of this more than the first book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Violence, and Drug use

sophii_briin's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Hate crime

Moderate: Rape, Gun violence, Child death, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

harmonygracie's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Blood, Cursing, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Stalking, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Violence

tstar21's review

adventurous emotional informative 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

4.5

It started a bit slower than the first book in the trilogy but definitely made up for that at the end. Again just an amazing book with so many twists.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

susiep87's review

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