Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Grzeczna dziewczynka musi zginąć by Holly Jackson

185 reviews

charlottesrkive's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

I hurt so much for Pip, that whole book was a rollercoaster of emotions and I am so not okay after that ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Drug use, Vomit, Murder, Mental illness, and Blood

islas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

I absolutely loved this book. An Instagram reel spoiled the ending for me but it did not make it any less gripping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Stalking

your_geekygf's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

This book is a CRAWL. Took me so long to finish it and It was such a let down after the second one. The only redeeming quality is the end of part 1. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Stalking, Mental illness, and Violence

This book is definitely the darkest of all three books with Pip suffering from some very intense PTSD and anxiety. Be warned! But this book is different from the other two in that it features way more narration from Pip and less dialogue and photos/interview transcripts etc.

taniasborges's review against another edition

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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Death, Confinement, Gaslighting, Violence, Stalking, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Why is this book even classified as Y/A when it's too heavy and too dark.

She literally covers up a murder by dr*gging someone and putting their DNA all over the place. Obviously we want the bad guys to get what they deserve but I don't know if this was the way to go about it.  Her not running away made sense since he was a big threat and could catch her as she was running away and I understand that Max is also a big threat to all young women but the way she went about this was a bit insane in my opinion. There were so many things that could've gone wrong and that should've gone wrong. I don't buy that she and Ravi were able to clean all her DNA at all.  I like that Max is in jail for his murder but it wasn't believable in my opinion.

Overall an interesting ending although feels a bit poorly planned. Feels like many things were added later on just for the sake of the surprise element. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Drug use, Mental illness, and Murder

heyjaneysmith's review against another edition

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

I really enjoyed this trilogy but I found the choices the main character makes a little frustrating and unrealistic at times. Girl I know you have reasons not to trust the police but like if you are for sure being tracked by a serial killer you gotta ask for protection even for your family's safety. I felt the ending was a bit rushed and sad but I do think it was satisfying overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Blood, Animal death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Body horror, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Addiction

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

First half great, second half terrible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Stalking, Blood, Gore, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

may_s's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

CANNOT BELIEVE THIS BOOK WANT IT ERASED FROM MY MEMORY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, and Rape

shadysunny's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The last book of this series took some rather dark turns. But I loved it all the same. The characters have changed a lot from the first book, but between all the darkness, you could always catch glimpses of the "old ones".

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Gun violence, Rape, Stalking, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Vomit

tsked_off's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape