Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Lief meisje, kwaad bloed by Holly Jackson

57 reviews

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

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Blood, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Vomit, Fatphobia, Animal death, and Rape

raccoonkid96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Cursing

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

I don’t care how inept a police department is, they’re not going to sit around and let an 18 year old girl and her high school friends traipse through potential crime scenes, create search parties, and investigate a possible missing person/murder. It’s wildly unbelievable and yet, somehow, you forget all of that and just pay attention to the fact that Pip has an uncanny way of reading the clues to solve big puzzles no one else can. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Rape, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

gothmiku's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Rape, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Death of parent, Animal death, Bullying, and Cancer

julierambaeck's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I read this in three days... I was so intrigued!! In the first 50 pages I had already cried and laughed. Amazing writing, and the way Holly Jackson seamlessly recaps the first book was fantastic. I love Pip and Ravi, absolutely stunning couple right there. The talk on the justice system was great. I really enjoyed how Pip, is unapologetically herself by the end. All in all amazing, can't wait to read the last book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Blood, and Death

Minor: Cancer, Grief, Car accident, Rape, Animal death, and Kidnapping

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

I really liked the themes this book talked about, things like justice and owning your darker side. While I liked the mystery and were super engaged with it, I did find the final twist/reveal to be super left field, very out of the blue and random 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Torture, Alcohol, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, and Grief

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: Murder, Car accident, Grief, and Death

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

Minor: Cursing and Animal death

kelseyr713's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

As soon as I finished the first book in this series, I put books 2 and 3 on hold at the library. Book 2 did NOT disappoint, and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The mystery was intriguing and was satisfyingly solved, in addition to wrapping up a loose end from book 1. There are some odd British-isms, like in the first book, despite being set in Connecticut, but everything else was so compelling I let that slide. Can't wait to read the final book in the trilogy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Stalking, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Animal death, Car accident, and Adult/minor relationship

ariana_m's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

This was amazing! This one had me at the edge of my seat even more than the one I think because it was happening in "real time" and not a shut case. I think Pip did a really good job this time with being more careful than reckless compared to how she was in the first book. I loved the little moments between Ravi and Pip. Ravi is so funny, he's one of the best fictional men out there lol. I was kind of in shock coming down to end especially because of what happened in the first book and I'm glad Nat and Pip are at some kind of middle ground.  I kinda wish they got another dog tbh :/ I think when I decide to read the last one, I think Pip is going to be unhinged lol. I'm curious and want to continue to the last book but at the same time I want to save it because I don't want to leave this universe behind.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Animal death, and Rape