Reviews tagging 'Death'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

800 reviews

leoprime13's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

geggleston01's review against another edition

4.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Drug use

den1elle's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm, Stalking

island12's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Blood

astatuutikki's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark reflective sad 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: No

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A strong sequel, more so than I'd expected! There was some similarities to the first part, but it was just on the good side of making things feel familiar rather than repetitive. There were, again, some red herrings that made very little sense since they were never actually explored further, but less so than in the first part. 

I appreciated the planning ahead that Jackson had done for this plot, and I felt for Pip's struggling with right and wrong and the unfairness of the justice system. Interestingly the heavy themes walked hand in hand with very chaste relationship-building (

an I love you and what felt like a first kiss, what?

), which kind of threw me off. Sure, YA stuff can absolutely be heavy, but surely it's okay to mention the fact that an 18-year-old might have a sex life with her - gasp - boyfriend?! It just felt very off, tone-wise. (Twilight-vibes anyone?)

I did tear up a little at the end and hope that Pip can finally have some peace in her life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity

theetherealelf's review against another edition

4.25

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

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Has more epistolary elements than the previous book, and I do like those elements. It felt a bit like I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts (Rotten Mango) with the podcast transcript updates on Max Hasting's trial. The maps are similar to the previous book, but there were additional photos and text screenshots which was fun.
I liked it a bit less than the previous book, but it was still good. The reveal of

Charlie Green at the end as the suspect was a bit unexpected, I didn't really think it was him and I wasn't expecting the catfisher to be revealed at that moment so it felt a bit rushed but it's also possible I just didn't put stuff together. I wasn't really expecting Jamie to be alive at the end, or for Stanley to die instead.

I like that this book had a different mystery, but it still somewhat connected back to the events of the previous book. I'm really looking forward to reading the next in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury

catfishing.

Also, near the end of the book, it describes Pip going through a trauma response/shock, maybe ptsd because she describes seeing a gun and the incident involving the gun

spooko967's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

sophydowie's review against another edition

4.5

hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Enjoyed this book. Lots of twists and turns. Characters very loveable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide

call_me_nash's review against another edition

4.0

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

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I listened to the second book of the trilogy also while working. It was just as fun and entertaining, but darker in some aspects - which is not a bad thing, at least not for me. It did not hit me with the Power Of A New Book, which is why it 'only' receives 4☆ from me instead of 5☆ like the first book. Nevertheless, very entertaining and I can definitely recommend reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent

agc_mer's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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: Complicated

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This is one of my favorite books, and I prefer it over the first book in this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping