Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Lief meisje, kwaad bloed by Holly Jackson

57 reviews

wolf013'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Rape, Car accident, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. I really didn’t expect this book to make me cry after reading the first one and bawling my eyes out (y’all who have read it know what chapter I’m talking about). I loved seeing everything unfold in the last few chapters. Just when I thought I was one step ahead of the author she threw me a curb, but I loved the thrill of it. Once again, she managed to make me trust someone who I shouldn’t have trusted, and I got my feelings hurt. I particularly liked how the culprit wasn’t a particularly good person but it was easy to understand their motives. This book really showed how no person is fully bad or good. Speaking of that, we NEED to talk about Pip’s character growth. I LOVED IT. It’s amazing to see how she’s changed from the first book. She’s finally breaking away from her mold and becoming such an independent and capable person. I love her for that and can’t wait to see what she does next in “As Good As Dead.” I’ve heard many people say that the third book is the best in the series so I have high hopes. Here’s to hoping I’m not disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Murder, Rape, Kidnapping, Child death, Sexual assault, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, and Terminal illness

redroseses's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Rape, Drug abuse, Child death, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, and Death

abi_ineedtoreadmore's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Amazing book, plays with your emotions in a way that emulates real life losses and how death and crime are not always solved and ended with happily ever after.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Bullying, Kidnapping, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexism, Child death, and Hate crime

mommarex1221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Animal death, and Stalking

froggybooks's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.25

i cried

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death and Sexual assault

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Unfortunately I didn’t think this one was as strong as it’s predecessor. I just wasn’t intrigued by the new mystery and therefore wasn’t invested in Pip’s investigation nor the outcome. It also felt kind of “info-dumpy” to me at the end, and more like Holly Jackson was justifying the plot twist through the narrative at the end and not through the characters actions throughout the novel’s entirety. I did enjoy the podcast element though! I definitely recommend the audiobook for those portions. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Animal death, Stalking, and Confinement

emmaward55's review against another edition

5.0

Not me listening to all 43 chapters in under 24 hours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child death, Drug use, and Stalking

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Violence, and Animal death

linesiunderline's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I will follow Pip wherever she goes. What a great character, complex and flawed and full of life. There’s much about this second outing that will please fans of the first book - fun format, a wide cast of characters / suspects, great dynamic between Pip and Ravi, and some serious sleuthing.

Perhaps it isn’t quite as twisty, and somehow for me, didn’t give me the same cozy vibe I had when reading the first book. I wasn’t turning the pages as compulsively. Still, it was cleverly done and complex. It was a solid second in the series and left me more than eager for the final installment.

This series is BEGGING to be made into a TV show. Just sayin’

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death

bananam1lk'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Animal death and Child death