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Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

906 reviews

jalb610's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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: Yes

I read this book easily within two days. The plot twist, I can't. I'd say I like this one even better than the first book. Just got me hooked so bad and the lesser amount of suspects

/ lack thereof

made it easier to follow while still keeping me guessing who it might be and how everyone is involved. Pips emotional turbulence was also depicted so well and the climax of the book, oh my god. You know its a good book when you're reacting out loud without realising it yourself. Can't see why I shouldn't give this book 5 stars so I am 🤌

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thewildkat's review against another edition

2.5

No real character development or issues actually dealt with outside of the very predictable mystery. It was easy to tell who one of the mystery characters was, from the very beginning. Underwhelming, overall, compared to the first book. Did pose a few moral questions for the YA reader of today. It pulls people out of black & white thinking (good vs bad). We are all living in grey areas, whether we think so or not. Hopefully it will help young readers develop more critical thinking skills. This wasn’t any kind of revelation to me personally, but still an important message.

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queen_mareep's review against another edition

4.25

emotional mysterious 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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fran94's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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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982ajr29's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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jeanettesreadingcorner's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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: Complicated

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angelxread's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark 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

It was great, but just slower than the first. (EDIT: I remember a grand total of nothing from this one book in the series)

Charlie Green has been suspicious, howd he happen to be there exactly when Pip came out sad?

It was a shock, but im glad they found Jamie. Poor Stanley, he didnt deserve it and was only a child!

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kitkatkatdog's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This sequel is perfect for mystery lovers and anyone who likes to read a good downward spiral.

Holly Jackson writes an amazing second book that brings together loose ends you thought you’d forgotten about from the first book, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. The case Pip is forced into solving, like some reluctant 50’s cop who’s too old for this, is the disappearance of her childhood friend’s older brother. In a race against the clock and whoever took Jaime, Pip gets lost in her detective work once again. Will she find Jaime in time? Will she save the day in Fairview once again or ruin everything?

Reread this book for a book club at my work, Bookish Modesto. I love this series and Holly Jackson, I could go on for days about Pip Fitz-Amobi and her descent into darkness. This is a stellar sequel with a powerful metaphor for Pip’s trauma and PTSD from book one. Fabulous mystery and I can’t wait to reread book 3 next. It’s a perfect trilogy.

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