Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

909 reviews

kiittycatt's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Such a good book! I was crying my eyes out at the end though 😂

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

nolemdaer's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Got sucked in AGAIN! So many bad sleeping choices due to engrossing stories . . . .Holly Jackson just makes this series so readable with the short chapters, fast pace, and new twists every chapter. I really enjoyed how this sequel built off the first one and portrayed the main character Pip as very traumatized and scarred from her previous experience as a detective, even if the whole "I'm not doing that again; I've changed; I'm not that person" definitely felt too fast and furious. Girl, you were definitely traumatized and obsessive and unhealthy when you were detective-ing, but you're not Vin Diesel coming back into the fight after years of retirement. The way the whole town (or at least several adults) see her as some kind of superhero genius when she was just determined and clever seemed a bit unrealistic, but the Reynoldses were kind of desperate, so I guess it makes sense.

The dark descent of Pip's psyche was intriguing and the ending was genuinely heart-rending. Got my heart pounding and me flipping light switches on as fast as I could. Just a really exciting mystery - I don't feel super connected to the characters per se, but the story made me emotional and I enjoy watching them work, so I just really like the books! It's an odd feeling to like the story without being super attached, but I see why this was such a wildly popular series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

asiminam's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship

gurnoor's review against another edition

4.5

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child death

khucc's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Alcohol

savreads28's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder

amfuchen's review

5.0

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: Yes

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I cried at the end. This book is nothing for someone that doesn’t deal well with

death

but it is plot wise amazing and I can’t wait to read “As good as dead”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

grace_yin'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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault

lizziemarie01's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol

colorcrystals's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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, Blood, Murder