Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

36 reviews

savreads28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

rei_ayanami30's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

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

what_did_i_just_read's review against another edition

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: Body horror, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

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

hiraethtales's review against another edition

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

sammymilfort's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious relaxing 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Rape, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

sissiemilia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I prefer the first book, but the ending of Good Girl, Bad Blood was marvelous. I think the third one will be the best. At least the set up is womderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer and Alcohol

anonymous_traveller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The end has salvaged the entire book. Like it was boring until a little over 50% but then everything came together and the rage. The rage was so good I’m still angry alongside Pip. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Poor Stanely. He didn’t deserve that. No child ever deserves this. Ffs.

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It was a typical sequel where the first one was better than this one but it’s still kept me on the edge of my seat. I did have to suspend reality for some of the pieces but I still really enjoyed the story. Some of it I could figure out but most of it was a surprise. I highly recommend reading it if you enjoyed the first one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail