Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Boa garota nunca mais by Holly Jackson

122 reviews

kim_gzt's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

I didn’t enjoy the second half of the book as much because the whole story pretty much took a 180 but the first part was a tense and I was genuinely scared for Pip in many situations. 

I didn’t like the second part because everything that happens it because she thinks she cannot trust the police and by setting up the whole “How to get away with murder” thing. I also thought Jason being DT was pretty predictable from the start. I was still scared shitless for Pip.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Death, Drug abuse, and Animal death

pheereads97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Absolutely phenomenal! I would give this even six stars if I could. The feelings, the energy, the emotions this series has given me has far beat beyond any other series I have ever read. I am gobsmacked, as someone who has read my entire life I’ve never found a series that I’ve connected to as much as agggtm. Holly Jackson’s writing is so gripping, and just when you think that was the end of the plot, or the biggest twist, boom it hits with another one. As someone who is doing Criminology, I really enjoy how this series is so real and raw about the reality of our world, the meaning of “justice” and the criminal justice system as a whole. Thank you Holly, for a series that will always have a huge place in my heart, onto reading the novella- knowing that it is ending truly terrifies me, but you have written what has become my favourite book series of all time and I’m so excited for what is to come, and beyond keen and ready for the TV show to come out. Truly Holly, your writing is everything and while this series leaves me terrified, it leaves me terrified in a way with so much love, emotion and feeling full in my heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death, and Sexual harassment

a_ira's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

cbuchanan's review against another edition

dark tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, Death, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Vomit, and Torture

Minor: Vomit, Rape, and Sexism

I really liked the previous books in the series, but this felt like an inadequate ending to the series. (Light, non-detailed spoilers ahead)

about halfway through the book, we learn who the DT killer is, and the turn the book takes from there is jarring. Pip was set up as a brilliant young woman, and the actions she takes don't feel like they track with her character from previous books. It's understandable, but seems highly illogical even with her explanation of her decisions.

Detailed spoilers below:

I loved that Jason Bell was the DT Killer, but I hated everything after Pip escaped and decided to turn back and kill him and then pin it on Max Hastings. I hated Max, he was written to be incredibly hateable and explicitly bad, but setting him up to take the fall for killing Jason just doesn't feel satisfying to me. The decision will haunt Pip forever, and she's already struggling with her mental health after seeing Stanley die in the previous book, so it doesn't make sense to me that she's going to be okay with this for the rest of her life. I'm really disappointed with how this ended honestly, and I wish I'd liked it more.

florapatricia's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It took me two tries to finish this book. The teenage anxt was getting at me big times. 

ALthough, if I think about it, I would love me a partner who helps with cleaning up my murder without question. But the breakup scene at the very end reminded me of Twilight New Moon big times. Maybe I am just jealous of the teenage passion these characters embody.

Anyways; the narrators did a fantastic job, I recommend the audiobook if you're interested in an unconventional murder mytery book series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, and Addiction

nele_281's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Misogyny, Sexism, Drug abuse, and Rape

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, and Cursing

cielosiluminado's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ok so look. i hated it but loved it. i get the mixed feelings because i felt them all too. that is why it’s going to be a 5-star for me.

there was a good chunk of the book where i thought pip – and me lowkey – were hallucinating because it threw me off that much. a plot twist!? but at the same time, it kinda made sense storywise.

all in all, my biggest takeaway from this series is FUCK 12!

oh, and their non-ending ending wrecked me.

ms. jackson, i am kindly asking for an extended epilogue, please and thank you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Torture

Minor: Vomit

mollyreads16's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

can’t forgive Holly Jackson for chapter 44

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

heyitsseph's review against another edition

adventurous informative 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? No

5.0

So much has happen in the last book of a good girls guide to murder series . The author is brilliant the way she explained more about the character of why Andie did what she did. She was trying to draw attention cause her father Jason Bell was DT Killer along. I didn’t like that Pip had to ran away from her friends and family and hid cause she was the one who killed Jason Bell. She had no contact with any of them. She wanted to admitted so bad but Ravi wouldn’t let her . I love their relationship it’s so cute, but at least in the last page after 1 year she finally contacted Ravi cause she came back for Connecticut vs Max Hasting.

it’s an exciting ending and the ironic title of the book series. I loved so much it got out of my reading slump. The book was quite interesting . I didn’t want put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Torture

kekla_08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It is really good and i enjoyed it but it got a little boring at times where it was always talking about the trauma she endured in «good girl, bad blood» with stanley and the gun triggers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Grief, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders