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Grzeczna dziewczynka musi zginąć by Holly Jackson

82 reviews

holliesatchell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Vomit, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

nikexistiertnik's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense

• 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? Yes

3.5

well, i just refreshed the page and lost everything i wrote, so i'm gonna try to piece it together from memory.
i am exhausted.
this book was way too long and way too stressful - i was kept on my toes for about 300 pages straight without a chance to relax even a little bit.
the premise was unexpected, but interesting to me, although it felt dragged out a lot and could've definitely been kept shorter.

what makes this book - at least in my eyes - worse than its prequels: the dt killer reveal wasn't a surprising reveal at all - i was really disappointed that pip and ravi chose to focus on dan again, when it was so obvious after andie's email that jason bell was dt.
in the previous books, pip always seemed to be on a similar track as the reader, but this time she was uncharacteristically off about this stuff, which could be tied to her ptsd and other struggles, but it still struck me as really weird.
the whole "tie together all the strings everything comes together in the end in a full circle"-thing had me swaying from side to side, on the one hand i kinda enjoyed seeing everyone again and i love it when all the dots connect, but on the other hand it was just so. much. and very obvious the author wanted to pull out all the stops, but there were just too many.
the ending was such a relief to me; i would've been so disappointed, had i stressed myself to the point of exhaustion reading this book, without it ending the way it did.

in general, i did enjoy the writing again, although the use of the word "sniff" as a verb as well as a noun was excessive.
in conclusion, not a bad book, it was enjoyable, but i didn't like it as much as the first two, and I don't think i could read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Cursing, and Vomit

mganallirt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Murder, Vomit, Stalking, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Blood, Violence, Torture, Gore, and Gaslighting

bookthief's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was very intense and fast paced. This book was literally a good girls guide to murder. It’s scary how Holly Jackson managed to think of this story. The first part of the book was very creepy when Pip had her stalker but overall it created suspense. The second part was a literal guide to murder which was kind of scary if you think about it. I can’t believe what Pip had to do in the end. TEAM RAVI AND PIP!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Blood, Torture, and Violence

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Vomit, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Drug abuse

temymm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

2.25

Not a fan. Writing was spectacular but I’m a little disappointed by where it went. PTSD writing was very good, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Drug use

Moderate: Mental illness, Addiction, Physical abuse, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Car accident, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Not a fan of how it came so close to glorifying murder.

Pip’s character development is very real and true, though brutal.

savvykins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

The most intense book out of all of them.

Pip's "spiral" feels intense + her PTSD haunts her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Mental illness, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual assault and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit

caitlyn_larissa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

5.0

Wow... an epic conclusion to an epic trilogy... Holly Jackson is the queen of plot twists and surprise endings, she truly is. This twist caught me completely off guard and even though I didn't like the turn it took, I can admire the way the characters grow and change as a result. Absolutely brilliant 👏🏻 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Stalking, Addiction, Cursing, and Drug use

foorneeh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Couldn't put it down, it was such a good ending for such a good series and kept my interest from the very first page of the series till the very last. Now I need more of Ravi and Pip!!!
Loved the writing and will continue to devour Holly Jackson's books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape

nicoleoc1901's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Death