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Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

38 reviews

sammymilfort's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious relaxing 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Car accident, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Child death

marxnapxrez's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

Okay so... I really liked the first one and even thought i liked this one as well, it wasn't the same.
I don't know if it is because I read the first one a long time ago and i didn't really remember it but I felt too unbother through all of it.
Like yes I love my girl pip and ravi and I really like the theme and the way it is written but it didn't really catch me (emotionally ig).
I enjoyed it and when I put myself to read I couldn't quite stop but it didn't felt like the first one, like, to be honest, jamie was too much of a background character for me.
Will read the third because the end of this one gave me hope, we are again with pip and how everything affected her (that somehow I don't think it was really mentioned). Really excited about the third, as I heard is a good end for the thrilogy.
Over all, a good book but personally prefered the first.





-mid spoiler ahead-
pd: also so important to say that i really liked how holly worked through the trauma, and the anger with both Max and what happened with Stanley. That was the part that really touched me, the feeling of unfairness and honestly pip did nothing compared with what i would do to max.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Rape

ifweweresorrows's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment and Rape

whoever_'s review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Racial slurs, Deadnaming, and Abandonment

1yourneighbourhoodbookworm1's review

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

fav book of all time <3

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Mental illness, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Death, and Cursing

riverlasol's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Oh my GODS. I was not prepared. So I read and enjoyed a good girls guide to murder several years ago and just somehow never read the rest of the series. But with the recent casting announcement I decided to pick it back up! I don’t read thrillers much anymore because I find them a bit anxiety inducing but occasionally I feel that it is worth it. This is one of those cases. Pip’s story in this book was so powerful. The mystery itself was so complex and nuanced with fantastic twists and I found that the book dealt with dark subjects (i.e. rape, the justice system, the gray area between good and bad) in a carefully crafted way. I love a good mystery once in a while but my favourite thing about this book was Pip’s development. There were some amazing character beats which I won’t spoil and I really can’t wait to see what happens in the next book. I just need my library loan to come though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Rape

m0rdred_the_fallen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Agarré este libro porque había oído buenas cosas de la autora, pero no me dí cuenta de que es el 2do en la serie hasta que me metí aquí a Storygraph y pensé en dejarlo para después cuando tuviera el 1ero

Oh. Mi. Titán. 

Que bueno que no lo hice, es de los mejores misterios que he leído, de no ser por mi trabajo me hubiera terminado el libro en un día. A ver, no voy a mentir si es sorprendente donde inician y donde terminan, pero el misterio no está mal hecho, las diferentes tramas son resueltas en tiempo y forma, los giros de trama que tiene van construyendo la expectativa para cuando se revela la verdad del asunto, los temas que trata y la forma en que Pip cambia a lo largo del libro *cheff kiss*

Hay 3 cosas que me gustaría resaltar:

1. El uso del trope No somos tan distintos/somos iguales
   con la revelación de que Charlie Green es el hermano menor de la última víctima del Monstruo de Margate
   porque, en efecto, Pip y él no son distintos,
   Charlie
   incluso le ayuda a Pip a llegar a terminos con su propia forma de ser. Quisiera que usaran así el trope más seguido, que ni tú ni el personaje estén del todo seguros (o bien sepan) que son iguales. Y les apuesto lo que quieran a que Pip no derrama ni una lágrima por Max Hastings.
2. Cuando
   Pip toma la justicia en sus manos o Charlie Green obtiene su venganza
   ni la autora, ni uno de los personajes sale de santurrón con No, esa no es la forma de proceder, debes subirte a este pedestal de moralidad hueca y decirte que eres mejor que eso hasta que te convenzas. Miren no digo que haya que hacer siempre como ellos, pero le tengo un gran respeto a
   Charlie
   por haberse puesto esa meta y lograrlo (A diferencia de Edmond Dantés). Y también me siento orgulloso de Pip por
   vandalizar la casa de los Hastings y que defendiera a Stanley Forbes
   
   
   
3. Que Pip encuentre su sentido de moral propio y que decida vivir según este es de los mejores mensajes que he visto en tiempos recientes. 
   
   Ya auiero leer los otros libros en esta serie 😄😄 
   
   Sobre lo de que
   Max Hastings
   sale libre a pesar de ser un violador en serie comprobado, me encantaria un libro donde la víctima es él. Acusan a Pip del crimen e investiga el caso para limpiar su nombre pero deja ir libre al verdadero culpable, al fin de cuentas es justicia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Gun violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexism, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

anonymous_traveller's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The end has salvaged the entire book. Like it was boring until a little over 50% but then everything came together and the rage. The rage was so good I’m still angry alongside Pip. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Poor Stanely. He didn’t deserve that. No child ever deserves this. Ffs.

literarylily's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Murder, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Car accident

chris_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Stalking, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Violence, and Cursing