Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

27 reviews

kshertz's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It was a typical sequel where the first one was better than this one but it’s still kept me on the edge of my seat. I did have to suspend reality for some of the pieces but I still really enjoyed the story. Some of it I could figure out but most of it was a surprise. I highly recommend reading it if you enjoyed the first one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

thatenbyisisreads's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I knew that this sequel would uncover the secrecy between Stanley and Daniel, but I didn't expect what those secrets were. I will admit that I felt bad for his younger self, considering the fact that children don't know any better than to follow their parents. However, it was hard for me to feel bad for him as an adult, after his racist remarks against Sal and his family. I found the relationship between Ravi and Pip to be extremely insufferable in this book and I'm praying that they break up in the next book. It's just so weird and inappropriate to normalize adult/minor relationships in YA books.

Overall, I thought the build up to the plot twist was okay. I fully anticipated the ending to be more elaborate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Rape

onemamareads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/good-girl-bad-blood

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

3.5

I don’t care how inept a police department is, they’re not going to sit around and let an 18 year old girl and her high school friends traipse through potential crime scenes, create search parties, and investigate a possible missing person/murder. It’s wildly unbelievable and yet, somehow, you forget all of that and just pay attention to the fact that Pip has an uncanny way of reading the clues to solve big puzzles no one else can. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Rape, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

gothmiku's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Rape, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Death of parent, Animal death, Bullying, and Cancer

itsmeaemma's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Abandonment, Drug use, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Child death, and Murder

cjreadstoomuch's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Super good, on the edge of my seat the entire time. The ending broke my heart, I felt so bad for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Cursing, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

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

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Rape, Drug use, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gun violence

zozo1605's review

adventurous mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship