Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Boa garota, segredo mortal by Holly Jackson

67 reviews

jayden_chancery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

the first book in this series is my favorite book and this one did not disappoint either. Pippa is thrown back into detective work and this time its almost more emotional. (i did cry through the entirety of the last 3 chapters)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual violence

marxnapxrez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.0

Okay so... I really liked the first one and even thought i liked this one as well, it wasn't the same.
I don't know if it is because I read the first one a long time ago and i didn't really remember it but I felt too unbother through all of it.
Like yes I love my girl pip and ravi and I really like the theme and the way it is written but it didn't really catch me (emotionally ig).
I enjoyed it and when I put myself to read I couldn't quite stop but it didn't felt like the first one, like, to be honest, jamie was too much of a background character for me.
Will read the third because the end of this one gave me hope, we are again with pip and how everything affected her (that somehow I don't think it was really mentioned). Really excited about the third, as I heard is a good end for the thrilogy.
Over all, a good book but personally prefered the first.





-mid spoiler ahead-
pd: also so important to say that i really liked how holly worked through the trauma, and the anger with both Max and what happened with Stanley. That was the part that really touched me, the feeling of unfairness and honestly pip did nothing compared with what i would do to max.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Rape

insanelyfruity's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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: Murder, Blood, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Violence

profilernewt07's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Another five star for Holly Jackson is well deserved, I know that this is the only outlier within the whole series as this book is the one “least liked within the series.” Maybe it had something to do with the underdog take the book had, but if anything I enjoyed this book more than the first. The main character Pip is more unhinged and more motivated than ever <seing as the case of the missing boy- Jamie Reynolds, hits close to home seeing as one of her best friends is brother to Jamie. I loved the friendships she forms especially in this book since it shows her connection to Nat Da Silva is one unmatched, Pip was able to support her in a way that only they understood. Although, there was similar parts in A Good Girls Guide To Murder I just personally enjoyed this one better seeing as- at least for me, if had more emotional depth seeing as we (the readers) were with Pip through everything that happened to her in the barn, and it was way more tense then in A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Car accident, Cancer, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

ong's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

those last few chapters? i was there with her. that was fucking scary. incredible. never wanna go through something like that again.
 happy i was able to guess who they are 191 pages in. never fully trust people who are kind for no reason. they also just groomed her to do bad things and just fully let her anger out. did pip go to therapy after the last book? she def should go now.
i hope max dies next. or go to jail forever, then immediately die bcs they beat him to death.
wish i could tag the cw for betrayal bcs fuck ant & lauren.

the beginning of the book was not as catchy as agggtm. found it kinda hard to pick up, but i'm glad i pushed through, because once i hit the 20%-something mark i really couldn't stop. especially the last 40% of the book. holy shit. she's done it again. completely blew me away by the last few chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Violence, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Eating disorder, Cursing, and Self harm

book__reader's review against another edition

slow-paced

5.0

Amazing mystery. Great twist at the end. Incredible sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Sexual violence

m0rdred_the_fallen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Agarré este libro porque había oído buenas cosas de la autora, pero no me dí cuenta de que es el 2do en la serie hasta que me metí aquí a Storygraph y pensé en dejarlo para después cuando tuviera el 1ero

Oh. Mi. Titán. 

Que bueno que no lo hice, es de los mejores misterios que he leído, de no ser por mi trabajo me hubiera terminado el libro en un día. A ver, no voy a mentir si es sorprendente donde inician y donde terminan, pero el misterio no está mal hecho, las diferentes tramas son resueltas en tiempo y forma, los giros de trama que tiene van construyendo la expectativa para cuando se revela la verdad del asunto, los temas que trata y la forma en que Pip cambia a lo largo del libro *cheff kiss*

Hay 3 cosas que me gustaría resaltar:

1. El uso del trope No somos tan distintos/somos iguales
   con la revelación de que Charlie Green es el hermano menor de la última víctima del Monstruo de Margate
   porque, en efecto, Pip y él no son distintos,
   Charlie
   incluso le ayuda a Pip a llegar a terminos con su propia forma de ser. Quisiera que usaran así el trope más seguido, que ni tú ni el personaje estén del todo seguros (o bien sepan) que son iguales. Y les apuesto lo que quieran a que Pip no derrama ni una lágrima por Max Hastings.
2. Cuando
   Pip toma la justicia en sus manos o Charlie Green obtiene su venganza
   ni la autora, ni uno de los personajes sale de santurrón con No, esa no es la forma de proceder, debes subirte a este pedestal de moralidad hueca y decirte que eres mejor que eso hasta que te convenzas. Miren no digo que haya que hacer siempre como ellos, pero le tengo un gran respeto a
   Charlie
   por haberse puesto esa meta y lograrlo (A diferencia de Edmond Dantés). Y también me siento orgulloso de Pip por
   vandalizar la casa de los Hastings y que defendiera a Stanley Forbes
   
   
   
3. Que Pip encuentre su sentido de moral propio y que decida vivir según este es de los mejores mensajes que he visto en tiempos recientes. 
   
   Ya auiero leer los otros libros en esta serie 😄😄 
   
   Sobre lo de que
   Max Hastings
   sale libre a pesar de ser un violador en serie comprobado, me encantaria un libro donde la víctima es él. Acusan a Pip del crimen e investiga el caso para limpiar su nombre pero deja ir libre al verdadero culpable, al fin de cuentas es justicia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Gun violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexism, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

joey1914's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Death, Murder, and Stalking

anonymous_traveller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The end has salvaged the entire book. Like it was boring until a little over 50% but then everything came together and the rage. The rage was so good I’m still angry alongside Pip. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Poor Stanely. He didn’t deserve that. No child ever deserves this. Ffs.

itsbumley's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Gore, Blood, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, and Death