Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

76 reviews

literarymary95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book does take a little bit to get into. It took about a third of the way through when things started to get interesting. I really enjoyed the reveals and twists that happened in this book, which kept me reading. It's definitely worth the read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Dementia, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Infertility, and Pregnancy

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

This book is much slower paced compared to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series. There were several parts where there is an obvious way to do something, but the character chose to complicated way to make their life harder... Definitely a different kind of plot twist from the series. This is more of a disappearance/reappearance mystery, family mystery than murder mystery. Maybe suspense, not quite thriller.

My favorite line is "I'm hungry" 😂 iykyk (audiobook version)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

colorful_lulu's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Stalking, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

charlee_'s review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

aseel_reads's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Dementia

yasmin_reads's review against another edition

5.0

This is by far my favoirte of Holly Jackson, amazing plot and characters. The plot twist was so unexpected yet I should have expected it and let me tell you, this woman can writeeee. Totally recommend reading this it will keep you on your toes the whole time. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

underscoresyd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, and Stalking

Minor: Body shaming, Infertility, and Pregnancy

meaghancook's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.25

This would have been so much better without the

full on murder coverup

and the

blackmail at the end

. We’re just supposed to believe that no one ever

figures out that Charlie and Jeff are dead and Sherry is in hiding????

Also how in the world does Bel just shift gears so quickly??? I liked this in theory and for the first 75% and then it completely jumped the shark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

r0bin_05's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Pregnancy