Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

153 reviews

aysha_blake's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Stalking, Violence, Child abuse, Gore, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

mushroomfrog's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Gun violence, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, and Murder

abicaro17's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-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

5.0

Jackson does it again in the sequel to AGGGTM. Pippa once again investigates as her friends older brother goes missing and the police won't investigate. In this new installment Pippa is determined to rescue her friends brother and return him safely. This new book retains all the joy and intrigue of the first while remaining different from the first books story. The only way this is really bad though is because Sal is in this book way less than the first unfortunately. I am so excited to see where Jackson takes the story into the second and accompanying novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Drug use, Rape, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Car accident, Cursing, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

feyreofthestars's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

OK. How do I even start? Another wild ride as usual. And just like the previous book, it did not take long at all before I was absolutely hooked. definitely a point there. Was not expecting that sad and intense ending, and I am equal parts intrigued and very, very nervous for what the next book has in store for me. The plot was very well planned and thought out as always (thank you Holly Jackson), and the Brunswick part of the story kinda took me off guard, but in a great way, and I love how it tied into the whole story! I did think that Jamie Reynolds' motivations and purpose in the whole thing was a bit ridiculous, but the again, I don't know what goes on thru the minds of 24 year old having an existential crisis, therefore I have no right to judge. I'm just glad he was actually alive and well this time, unlike our first victims. 

That's all for now, I had absolute blast as always, and I'm very excited for the finale!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Violence, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Trafficking

mikeymara's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Not as good as the first but still pretty fun. Had some good twists, but I didn’t like how mystery ended. Other than that I thought the ending was quite good, well written, at least the ending was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

what_did_i_just_read's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Bit of a slow ramp up to the tension but once it got going I was engrossed. I couldn’t put the book down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

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

hiraethtales's review

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK. I would definitely recommend this. Pip deserves the world. Max Hasting pissed me off. Ravi is just ❤️. Cara slayed. Jamie was kinda meh. I felt that he was a bit naive and he really really needs to get his life straightened out. I disliked him a lot and I feel so bad for his parents. Nat was portrayed wonderfully

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gore, Child death, Bullying, Blood, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Stalking, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Death, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

mishasbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Cancer, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

ellvee3838's review

5.0

Actually batter than the first!! I did NOT expect the ending. But I think that was for the best. I HIGHLY recommend, especially if you have read the first one. “A good girls guide to murder”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Rape, Cursing, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Grief

Moderate: Child death