Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

34 reviews

lunamundo'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, and Rape

camoo3032's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

kaitlanmooney1's review

adventurous emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Rape, and Suicide

tgndcy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Body horror

Minor: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Child death

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

elthechameleon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

Pip and the town of Fairview return! I was skeptical, but these books keep getting better. I get the same feeling reading these books as I used to when I read Nancy Drew as a kid. 

If you are deciding between formats, choose the audiobook. It’s an exquisite narrator and performance. The scratch of the recordings in interviews submerges you more into the world. 

The characters from book 1 get more fleshed out, including Ravi and Nat da Silva. And there are more characters, too! 

Pip’s grappling with her own sense of Justice is really fascinating, but the best part of this book is the commentary on inter generational trauma.

The return of the ghost of the car crash with Max Hastings and Naomi Ward in a car chase with Pip, Cara, and Ravi speaks volumes about how Gen Z is dealing with the problems and echoes of problems from generations past. And Stanley Forbes being killed for his past crimes fits perfectly into this theme of cyclical violence. Charlie as a foil to Pip promises very good development in book 3.

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Unlike book 1, the ending of this one doesn’t feel finished. I’m soooo excited for book 3. 

Okay also Ravi is one of my favorite characters. Ever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent

readingberry's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent

mommarex1221's review

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Animal death, and Stalking