Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

175 reviews

nofy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

yashmeakie's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

THE END OMGG I NEED THE THIRD BOOK

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

catarina_parente's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

addi_m's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

I was literally sobbing the entire end of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death and Cursing

alibrarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

This book really makes you love Holly Jackson. Her writing style is so creative, her characters engaging, and the themes/tone of her work is so real. 

Good Girl, Bad Blood is a sequel that actually got better than the first in the series and I can say it’s largely due to the fact Jackson doesn’t shy away from the nitty gritty. She wrote YA, but she doesn’t gloss over tragedy, heartbreak, or all the ways people can be awful to each other. At the same time, she writes empathetic villains who turn out to maybe not be the villain at all, redemption stories you don’t expect, and the reality of exactly what’s left behind once the mystery is solved. And I LOVE that. I love that she plays with the intricacies of human emotion because nothing is black and white, but even the grey is often sanitized. But this is the grey unapologetically at its smudgiest. 

Overall, I also really enjoyed that Pop has that moment where she realizes she doesn’t have to be likable to be herself. It’s a hard lesson, but amazing development. 10/10 would recommend this whole series so far.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

sydneyluxford's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.0

This was a really good book. It hooked me from start to finish and it kept me on my toes. The plot twist truly got me, but then again, I’m not great at guessing plot twists.

The development of Pip and Ravi’s relationship 🥹🥹🥹. So cute.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship

phantastic's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

laurenp812's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy the 2nd instalment as much as the first and at some points I found myself wondering if I really cared about the storyline. But as the plot moved in it became more exciting and unbelievable. You would not have guessed the ending!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

elliizzzabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Excellent sequel to A Good Girl's guide to murder. Extremely gripping, I burned through the audiobook in only a few days, finding every moment to find out what happened. 
I liked the new angle with a live case now and we get to see the reaction of the family as well as the way the podcast episodes affect them. Again, it wasn't the biggest twist of all time and I was able to work out most of it before the reveal. Although I did think that

it was a little bit too obvious to have the new neighbours as the killers. You knew they had to have something to do with the case otherwise why had they been included?

This edition of the audiobook (because I belive there is another) was very well done with effects put in that really added to the story. However I am tempted to recommend you read this in print as there were several images in the story that were mentioned but that obviously I couldn't see. Also there is one section where a witness uses a voice modulator and it was completely impossible to tell what he was saying. Luckily it wasn't too crucial but it was kind of annoying 
Looking forward to the 3rd book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Stalking

There is a side plot about a court trial of a serial rapist and his victims and also at the end Pip suffers from a lot of disassociation and ptsd-type symptoms

amimamii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

very predictable as was the first one. at least we got to see a little more of pippa's personality. it was a fun read but that's basically it. im not sure why everyone keeps saying there are a lot of plot twists because there really isnt. also PLEASE PLEASE stop with the pop culture references, its embarrassing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury