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The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

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vibingandy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

wow she did it again. very reminiscent of her book As Good As Dead, but also so much more. This was a whirlwind start to finish I think I could talk about it for days. Actually incredible. I may end up bumping this to 5 stars bc I am incredibly gagged.

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colorful_lulu's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

It was slow until 2/3 of the book. It had a very interesting concept it was just not paced as well as it could’ve been. I thought the way Holly Jackson described details, or rather which detailed she pointed out and which she omitted, was really cool. The romance plot line confused the hell out of me. The kiss scene was added in so randomly in the most unrealistic and illogical point of the scene.

The reason why they ended up kissing was because they were standing closely when placing the camera on the bookshelf but Rachel found it immediately so what’s the point of putting them in that situation?

I get that the romance subplot adds to the theme but it was so random

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charlee_'s review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I have no words. Just. Wow…

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aseel_reads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the plot twist but there were too many events post the plot reveal, which ruined the pacing at the end

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diyanosauruss's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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dramagirl2003's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this took so many twists, most of which i never saw coming
ash has incredibly unique outfits 😂
age rating — 14+

thoughts while reading

p9: oh. my. gosh. don’t tell me

the crew already knew rachel was back and that’s her arriving for a ✨wonderfully heartfelt✨ camera reunion

p11: thank the lord for that

p30: like father like daughter

She got into bed, making eye contact with the book waiting for her on top of the nightstand. The plot hadn't really got going yet—a lot of backstory—but something exciting was going to happen soon.
It had to: the title promised it.

haha you’re a real one for that holly jackson

p52: covid haha fun times

p65: that “oi” is basically pip-coded

p96: pip would fixate on that discrepancy too

p115: secret theory:

jeff and charlie were involved somehow

p127: ok that is definitely a slip-up

“I, for one, wouldn’t put needles in your hands. You seem like the stabby type.”

p133: i mean she might not have actually.

she knew how to evade cameras so she could’ve also figured out how to get herself on camera

p143: ash is very observant

p144: oh ash is right,

she came back for money! she only reappeared cause she will get a colossal payout from it, and then she’ll probably disappear after she’s got it

p147: ironic since that’s exactly what i thought on page 9

p155: oh my god this is absolute confirmation

"You can call me anytime. You know that, right? Anytime."
"Sure," Bel said. Anytime, just not the last sixteen years, the years people tended to need their moms most.

Flared jeans and a fluorescent green T-shirt covered in happy apples: happles.

“if you spell apple sauce, with an ‘h,’ you can call it happle sauce.”

p194: mr tripp 😳 what were you doing man?

p211: charlie! where are you!?

p222: tripp is at it again!

calling sick to nab charlie

p228: i wonder if face id would work since they look the same

p258: oop really opened yourself up there bob. rachel totally came to him

She'd told him to dress incognito, which, for Ash, meant a thin yellow turtleneck and denim overalls. Like a Minion.

🍌🍌🍌

p273: the banter is 😙👌🏻

p284: surely charlie wouldn’t do that to bel 💔

p298: GIRL it’s 2024!! all you have to do is press the power button 5 times!! how do you not know this!?

p303: why did i literally just suspect

phillip was involved and now rachel’s accusing him. he’s too invested in the case, inserting himself too much.

but on the other hand,

rachel could just be making it up

p313: oh god

p317: no i wonder if

she might be telling the truth about it being 15 years. maybe something happened in that unaccounted year.

p317: oh my gosh

charlie was psycho-manipulating her

this entire time

p335: i wasn’t quite expecting that 😶

p337: oh gosh, a lot of those books came out fairly recently, rachel never gave up hope!

p356: i am so glad

rachel never meant to leave bel

🥺

p381: oh god

charlie is genuinely gonna murder rachel if he gets his hands on her. jeff is such an idiot

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amandab0514's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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emlawley's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I loved Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series so I was excited to listen to this book. Her fantastic writing had me gripped once again and unable to guess what the truth was at all - always a tricky feat with a novel like this. I loved how I unravelled the mysteries along with Belle and found it very hard to stop listening as I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next.
The only two drawbacks for me were some similarities between the plot lines of this book and the GGGTM series in the final chapters, as the rest of the book was so unique and unexpected in terms of plot. The other is that, while the narrator was otherwise excellent throughout, they cannot do a good British accent so that was a bit jarring!
All in all, I’d highly recommend this book.

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chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love a good/mystery thriller, and I’ve enjoyed all of Holly Jackson’s previous books (besides the second half of As Good as Dead, that’s a whole different story…) so I was really excited to jump into The Reappearance of Rachel Price, and it did not disappoint!

Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price disappeared from her car, leaving her two year old daughter, Bel, alone on the side of a road. Now eighteen, Bel just wants to move on, she’s accepted that Rachel most likely dead - and any answers died with her. The last thing Bel wants to do is take part in a documentary of her mother’s disappearance, but family first. All of a sudden, Rachel reappears, but Bel can’t help but think that there is more to her story than she is telling…

I love mysteries and this was a really good one, especially as a YA mystery/thriller. I really liked Bel’s character, she was very reminiscent of Pip, from Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, in regards to her mystery solving skills, however she was a completely unique character in comparison. Oftentimes, I think that when an author writes multiple books within the same genre, it can be easy to make the main characters a little too similar, but this was definitely not the case here. I loved Bel’s snarky and sarcastic attitude.

I also really enjoyed both Carter’s and Ash’s characters, and the relationships they had with Bel. Ash and Bel’s relationship during their investigation was, again, reminiscent of Pip and Ravi (from AGGGTM), while still being very different.

In terms of the storyline and the big twists, I will say, I didn’t really have any expectations in mind as I was reading. I read this book over two sessions, quite quickly, so I don’t think I really had much chance to think about theories before hand, and I always love when that happens!

I have seen quite a few negative reviews, so I was a little apprehensive going into it. However, I think this is one of those cases where people are expecting the book to be almost a copy of a previous book. And while this book definitely had a few minor things in common with AGGGTM (such as a mystery to solve and an investigation between love interests), The Reappearance of Rachel Price was completely different which is what I wanted! At the end of the day, if I wanted something exactly like A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, I’d just reread that book…

Overall, I really enjoyed this book, and I look forward to Holly Jackson’s next release!

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katypotaty0908's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Couldn’t put this book down, I was so invested in Bel and had to find out what happened!

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