Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

909 reviews

ciara_cull's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The ending was so good but it’s so hard to get into like it only really starts getting good after the first 200 pages and I wish ravi was more involved with this book also this may seem very controversial but Jamie’s mum really irritates me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder

Minor: Rape

abigailreads26's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Grief

louidare's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

courtnetto's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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My oh my! What another amazing read from Holly Jackson. I started off reading it very slowly but once over half way I just couldn’t put it down and just wanted to read to the end to see what had really happened to Jamie and who was behind the identity of Layla Mead. Not only this but it’s revealed that one of the characters has a very nasty past and is living with a new identity which the person behind Layla Mead knew about and was trying to work out which of the Little Kilton residents “Child Brunswick” was as they seek out revenge for everything they did with their father in the past, however their name being “Child” due to being a minor. 
We follow Pip and Connor on a journey as they try to work out what has happened to Connor’s brother, Jamie, as Pip reopens her blog for this case as they document everything they discover about Jamie and the moments leading up to his disappearance. Honestly loved this book and would read again if given the opportunity!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

angelikae's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts

daisyy_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury

teganberryyy's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury

hana_hsc's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny sad 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: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Vomit, Car accident, Alcohol

fanboyriot's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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: Yes

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♡ Missing Person

♡ True-Crime Podcast

♡ Amateur Detective Work

Again, much like the last book I loved the extra details in the formatting.  The little details like that are really lovely.

This book started out a bit cliché, I mean asking a teenager to help find your missing (possibly dead) brother seems totally full proof.  However, I did get invested after a while and the plot really went in a different direction than I was expecting.  The “who did it” was a bit random but it was entertaining to read about the journey.  

Pip having a true-crime podcast totally fits her vibe.  If she doesn’t become a detective after this I’m going to scream because she’s doing the whole police departments job at this point.

Spice Level: n/a

POV: First Person

Release Date: 02, March 2021

Rep: BIPOC (Main and Side Characters), LGBTQIA+ (Side Character)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Car accident

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, Stalking, Alcohol

letiross's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Drug use