Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

13 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

elliotjackson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

This story had a slow start but picked up during the investigation into Jamie’s disappearance. I loved the reappearance of characters and things we learned from the first book. It made the world feel more cohesive and realistic for things that happened in the past to still be affecting the characters in a way we can empathize with and understand. I picked this up almost immediately after finishing AGGGTM, so I recognized a lot of the information that was recalled throughout this story. The trauma the characters undergo was handled in a way that can make readers feel seen. The writing style is unmatched, and I cannot wait to read the last book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, and Terminal illness

kat_a's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

juanrubin'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Alcohol

ellarae0111's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing book! Adventurous but you have to read the first book to understand a few things. Suspenseful and had me reading till 12:30 last night! Amazing plot and amazing characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ong's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

those last few chapters? i was there with her. that was fucking scary. incredible. never wanna go through something like that again.
 happy i was able to guess who they are 191 pages in. never fully trust people who are kind for no reason. they also just groomed her to do bad things and just fully let her anger out. did pip go to therapy after the last book? she def should go now.
i hope max dies next. or go to jail forever, then immediately die bcs they beat him to death.
wish i could tag the cw for betrayal bcs fuck ant & lauren.

the beginning of the book was not as catchy as agggtm. found it kinda hard to pick up, but i'm glad i pushed through, because once i hit the 20%-something mark i really couldn't stop. especially the last 40% of the book. holy shit. she's done it again. completely blew me away by the last few chapters.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Car accident

itsbumley's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

stewartj0421's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

The first half of this book is a drag, to be honest. The author spends a LOT of time trying to remind readers of what happened in the first book, rather than weaving that information into a new story. However, when the story picks up around 50%, it makes the whole journey worthwhile. Things get continually more tense with each page, and the ending will have you desperate to read the next book in the series, even if you've already sworn it off (guilty)!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Minor: Drug use and Self harm

rosem_'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

Read. This. Now. 
I'm seriously starting the next book asap. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

bornachoker's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

broke my heart ngl

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Self harm