Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

54 reviews

lifeofchrstnlvly'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

5.0

Initial rating: 3.5
Reread rating: 5.0

Everytime I read a book in this series, I cry. I cry because I am so amazed at how Holly Jackson's mind can be this phenomenal. I cry because I see fragments of myself in Pip. I cry because Ravi is perfect.

Stanley Forbes, they could never make me hate you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Stalking, and Alcohol

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Didn’t love this one as much as the first. The podcast element didn’t take up as much space in this book, which was what really drew me to the first one.

This one is we even more heartbreaking and at some times a hard read. Also, the characterization of Pip seemed to me to diverge from the first, which I didn’t love too much. But I appreciate how the trauma of the previous case makes you feel like a live wire and how your reactions are just that much more intense than your normal.

I think the missing person element wasn’t as fast-paced as the first and I just didn’t feel as invested in comparison, but the last quarter of the book really unfurled at a breakneck speed that I just couldn’t put down.

Generally though, I do think this book benefits from having read A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder right before this one because there are many references to the characters in the first book, which is helpful to have fresh in your mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

rosietoesies's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

bookishperseus's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Deportation

priscillarobock's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Gaslighting

rcarr14's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

maddysoup's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

my poor guy jack ugh that was brutal to listen to

maybe perhaps listening to the audiobook is better than reading it as a physical copy? the first book took me a fat minute to get through and this baddie was devoured over four days 

i look forward to see with what happens to that CRIMINAL that did that thing ugh what a fucking a hole boo the crowd boos get off the stage get in a jail cell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

lemons_and_uwus's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Murder

angelikae's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

hana_hsc's review

adventurous emotional funny sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol