Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

22 reviews

elliizzzabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Excellent sequel to A Good Girl's guide to murder. Extremely gripping, I burned through the audiobook in only a few days, finding every moment to find out what happened. 
I liked the new angle with a live case now and we get to see the reaction of the family as well as the way the podcast episodes affect them. Again, it wasn't the biggest twist of all time and I was able to work out most of it before the reveal. Although I did think that

it was a little bit too obvious to have the new neighbours as the killers. You knew they had to have something to do with the case otherwise why had they been included?

This edition of the audiobook (because I belive there is another) was very well done with effects put in that really added to the story. However I am tempted to recommend you read this in print as there were several images in the story that were mentioned but that obviously I couldn't see. Also there is one section where a witness uses a voice modulator and it was completely impossible to tell what he was saying. Luckily it wasn't too crucial but it was kind of annoying 
Looking forward to the 3rd book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Blood, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Cancer, Stalking, Child abuse, Suicide, and Terminal illness

There is a side plot about a court trial of a serial rapist and his victims and also at the end Pip suffers from a lot of disassociation and ptsd-type symptoms

teesreads's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

This book was so much better than the first one, and I loved the first one, so that's saying a lot. This one had me on the edge of my seat because it was an active investigation instead of one that had already been "solved," and I never saw the end coming.

I was so shook when it was revealed that Layla knew who Pip was. I thought something horrible was going to happen to her, and I cried when Stanley did, even though I didn't like him in the first book.<spioler>  Ant and Lauren are both pos's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape and Terminal illness

isitamonito'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Rape

summer_19_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

This book was absolutely fantastic! I was wondering how Holly Jackson would build on the first book and she did it perfectly. Every character, plot point and plot twist were written in the best way possible. I felt every emotion while reading this book.

From relief when I found out that Jamie was alive; to dread when Stanley died.

Overall, this book was wonderful and I can't wait to read the one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Child death, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

tinysierra's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Someone get Pip some trauma therapy 😅

I liked this one slightly less than the first book but it was still an interesting story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Confinement, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Grief

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. I really didn’t expect this book to make me cry after reading the first one and bawling my eyes out (y’all who have read it know what chapter I’m talking about). I loved seeing everything unfold in the last few chapters. Just when I thought I was one step ahead of the author she threw me a curb, but I loved the thrill of it. Once again, she managed to make me trust someone who I shouldn’t have trusted, and I got my feelings hurt. I particularly liked how the culprit wasn’t a particularly good person but it was easy to understand their motives. This book really showed how no person is fully bad or good. Speaking of that, we NEED to talk about Pip’s character growth. I LOVED IT. It’s amazing to see how she’s changed from the first book. She’s finally breaking away from her mold and becoming such an independent and capable person. I love her for that and can’t wait to see what she does next in “As Good As Dead.” I’ve heard many people say that the third book is the best in the series so I have high hopes. Here’s to hoping I’m not disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Murder, Rape, Kidnapping, Child death, Sexual assault, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, and Terminal illness

anna_m16's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Minor: Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Rape, and Stalking

redroseses's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Rape, Drug abuse, Child death, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, and Death

frantically's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Stalking, Infidelity, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, Cancer, and Alcohol

cianarae's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Terminal illness