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A review by wylanslcve
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
in case I haven't made it clear already, this is a ravi singh stan account.
personally, I think this is quite the step-up from the first book (and that's saying a lot!) just because I love how psychological this one felt, particularly from the halfway mark. we see so much of how the andie bell case still affects pip as well as the current case, which was obviously not great for pip, but I loved it. not just that, but I adore how holly jackson really hones in on the notion of the failure of the justice system, using both the consequences of the first book and the events of this one to do so (of course, this is heavily explored in the third book, but the way jackson is planting the seeds from now is just spectacular).
and the ending... THE ENDING. I'm still speechless even though I knew it was coming.
personally, I think this is quite the step-up from the first book (and that's saying a lot!) just because I love how psychological this one felt, particularly from the halfway mark. we see so much of how the andie bell case still affects pip as well as the current case, which was obviously not great for pip, but I loved it. not just that, but I adore how holly jackson really hones in on the notion of the failure of the justice system, using both the consequences of the first book and the events of this one to do so (of course, this is heavily explored in the third book, but the way jackson is planting the seeds from now is just spectacular).
and the ending... THE ENDING. I'm still speechless even though I knew it was coming.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder