Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

906 reviews

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Cursing

confused_ace44's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

alexmall029's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

fran_samuels's review against another edition

4.75

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Murder

Moderate: Rape

nancymae_reads's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault

Minor: Misogyny

mrsplace22's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Violence

angeldevoursliterature's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Terminal illness, Car accident, Gaslighting, Abandonment

cassidy_rain's review against another edition

3.5

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

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“Pip wondered. 

Wondered whether the moment of no return had already been and gone, or whether this was it, here, right now, hovering above that red button. Either way, going back didn't exist anymore, not for her. There was only forward. Only onward. She straightened up and pressed record.”

The second book in the AGGGTM series! I loved the first one and was really excited to continue the series. I didn’t like this one as much as the first, but I still enjoyed it. 

I didn’t find myself as invested in this storyline as I was in the first book. Even though the case is very different, it felt a bit repetitive to the first book for me. I wasn’t flipping pages nearly as fast. That said, the last 100 pages were fantastic and I flew through them. The ending was so good and really sets it up for the next book. I still absolutely adore the characters and the writing style. Like the first, I love that we (as the reader) get to uncover the mystery alongside Pippa. It’s great storytelling and leaves you guessing until the end. 

Excited to see what happens in the next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Drug use

magicalmorgan's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Loved it just as much as I loved the first one. Listened to the audiobook and it was a great experience. The only thing I didn't really understand were the few scenes with fatphobia/body shaming. I wasn't even personally picturing the character as fat (idk if he's described that way, I may have just missed that detail I'm not sure) so when he was later referred to as fat and shamed about losing weight or something I was a little shocked. I understand why the author did that since there are plot points related to it later in the story, but I honestly don't think the body shaming needed to be included personally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder

Minor: Fatphobia

The body shaming / fatphobia isn't super graphic and the plot moves along quickly, however it is used as a plot device in multiple scenes and one of the characters is referred to as fat with negative intent during a scene so I wanted to include it. Also the rape and sexual assault is mostly references and flashbacks to the previous book, there aren't any new scenes that include SA from what I remember.