Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

34 reviews

issed's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Left me with the same scary feeling like when I read the first one. This one was even sadder tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Blood

Moderate: Murder and Stalking

Minor: Child death, Animal death, Death, Cursing, and Death of parent

juliaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

never thought i would like stanley forbes, he deserved better at the end, he was just a child

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Cancer, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Confinement

mollymoo1234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

This book like the first is very good and the plot just twists and turns , it may be triggering for some but definitely recommend as it is very gripping 
Enjoy xx 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape and Panic attacks/disorders

sunniva174's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Suicide, and Drug use

tabea1409's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence

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

aseel_reads's review

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

4.0

I really liked the themes this book talked about, things like justice and owning your darker side. While I liked the mystery and were super engaged with it, I did find the final twist/reveal to be super left field, very out of the blue and random 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Torture, Alcohol, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, and Grief

violetbentbackwards1036's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Murder

bookwormnici's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Violence

holliesatchell's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder