Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

347 reviews

coziebookclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

as i continue reading through this series, i am left feeling more impressed and drawn in. holly jackson has a talent for keeping readers on edge and excited as each new twist and turn plays out in the story. you can never truly predict what is going to happen. there is also more of pip’s development as a character in this book. though sad and devastating what she goes through by solving this case, you can really see how a darker side of her is starting to unravel and how it is changing her. i also absolutely adore ravi and pip’s relationship. he has so much patience and is exactly what being someone’s home is. their relationship works so well and is an amazing grounding point for pip when things get intense for her. 

this book is quite an emotionally intense one and highlights that justice doesn’t always prevail. it’s an unfortunate but very real thing which takes a toll on pip and finally makes her snap. i can’t wait to dive into As Good as Dead and see more of pip as she becomes increasingly unapologetic and grows from every new case she investigates.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Death

lemons_and_uwus's review

dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, and Xenophobia

alejandrasmith4's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

annikenr's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

Graphic: Kidnapping, Drug use, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Stalking, Child abuse, and Violence

janahy55's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Sexual assault

rkiveoflyn's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Cancer, Violence, and Physical abuse

angelikae's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Death, Grief, Violence, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, and Mental illness

emilybemily_67's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual assault

princessdeia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

fanboyriot's review against another edition

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

4.0

♡ Missing Person

♡ True-Crime Podcast

♡ Amateur Detective Work

Again, much like the last book I loved the extra details in the formatting.  The little details like that are really lovely.

This book started out a bit cliché, I mean asking a teenager to help find your missing (possibly dead) brother seems totally full proof.  However, I did get invested after a while and the plot really went in a different direction than I was expecting.  The “who did it” was a bit random but it was entertaining to read about the journey.  

Pip having a true-crime podcast totally fits her vibe.  If she doesn’t become a detective after this I’m going to scream because she’s doing the whole police departments job at this point.

Spice Level: n/a

POV: First Person

Release Date: 02, March 2021

Rep: BIPOC (Main and Side Characters), LGBTQIA+ (Side Character)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Addiction, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gore, Car accident, Body horror, and Hate crime

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicide, Rape, Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, Vomit, Stalking, Cancer, Sexual assault, Animal death, Confinement, and Adult/minor relationship