Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Desaparición para expertos by Holly Jackson

29 reviews

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Rape, Drug use, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gun violence

zozo1605's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

safety_pin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abandonment, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Police brutality, Cancer, Drug use, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Adult/minor relationship

hi_there's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Medical content, Mental illness, and Torture

summer_19_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

This book was absolutely fantastic! I was wondering how Holly Jackson would build on the first book and she did it perfectly. Every character, plot point and plot twist were written in the best way possible. I felt every emotion while reading this book.

From relief when I found out that Jamie was alive; to dread when Stanley died.

Overall, this book was wonderful and I can't wait to read the one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Child death, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

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

bookish_kori's review against another edition

mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Amazingly well-written. Very little could top the first book in the series… but Holly Jackson’s narrative style and knack for Sherlock Holmes-ing the mystery certainly continues in the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Confinement

I would say definitely less dark than the first book, but there is a pretty rough plot twist at one point that hurts.

panatheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

cepbreed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow. I really felt this book was going to be a dud compared to the first installment into the series, but I was pleasantly surprised. The beginning seemed really slow to me and I thought that the whole investigation was being drawn out until one point, then the plot was so fast paced and insane I was struggling to keep up. In a good way! I highly recommend and I'm excited for the third book in September!

Song:

• Tag, You're It - Melanie Martinez 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident and Drug use