Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

28 reviews

katben2232's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide and Stalking

lucylouise7's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

christineolivia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual assault and Terminal illness

maddison20's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

the_readingwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Terminal illness

cristinareading's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault

elliizzzabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Excellent sequel to A Good Girl's guide to murder. Extremely gripping, I burned through the audiobook in only a few days, finding every moment to find out what happened. 
I liked the new angle with a live case now and we get to see the reaction of the family as well as the way the podcast episodes affect them. Again, it wasn't the biggest twist of all time and I was able to work out most of it before the reveal. Although I did think that

it was a little bit too obvious to have the new neighbours as the killers. You knew they had to have something to do with the case otherwise why had they been included?

This edition of the audiobook (because I belive there is another) was very well done with effects put in that really added to the story. However I am tempted to recommend you read this in print as there were several images in the story that were mentioned but that obviously I couldn't see. Also there is one section where a witness uses a voice modulator and it was completely impossible to tell what he was saying. Luckily it wasn't too crucial but it was kind of annoying 
Looking forward to the 3rd book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Stalking

There is a side plot about a court trial of a serial rapist and his victims and also at the end Pip suffers from a lot of disassociation and ptsd-type symptoms

nightlylaments's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

This book was so much better than the first one, and I loved the first one, so that's saying a lot. This one had me on the edge of my seat because it was an active investigation instead of one that had already been "solved," and I never saw the end coming.

I was so shook when it was revealed that Layla knew who Pip was. I thought something horrible was going to happen to her, and I cried when Stanley did, even though I didn't like him in the first book.<spioler>  Ant and Lauren are both pos's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape and Terminal illness

isitamonito's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Rape, and Terminal illness

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