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Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

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fanboyriot's review against another edition

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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

4.0

♡ Missing Person
♡ True-Crime Podcast
♡ Amateur Detective Work

Again, much like the last book I loved the extra details in the formatting.  The little details like that are really lovely.

This book started out a bit cliché, I mean asking a teenager to help find your missing (possibly dead) brother seems totally full proof.  However, I did get invested after a while and the plot really went in a different direction than I was expecting.  The “who did it” was a bit random but it was entertaining to read about the journey.  

Pip having a true-crime podcast totally fits her vibe.  If she doesn’t become a detective after this I’m going to scream because she’s doing the whole police departments job at this point.

Spice Level: n/a
POV: First Person
Release Date: 02, March 2021
Rep: BIPOC (Main and Side Characters), LGBTQIA+ (Side Character)

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asyakilic23's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0


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jarretleecoffey's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

this book. And he fired again again again and again had me bawling 

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a_l_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

personal review notes:


C 6/10
A 7/10
W 7/10
P 7/10
I 7/10
L 5/10
E 6/10

-> 5.4/10
-> 3 stars

  • C: by now you know the main characters quite well, i still get confused with te side characters though. i coulnd't describe them in more than two sentences if i had to & when charlie green turned out to be the catfish i was trying to figure out who his is during the whole chapter...
  • P: it definitely didn't go where i thought it would, but over all i found it a bit wired. the whole child brunswick thing was super interesting and gave a cool twist, but the way it played out... idk. i was definitely expecting something different
  • L: i don't know with these murder mysteries... there are always thing that don't make that much sense to me. the whole layla meads thing, how did she get in contact with all possible child bronswicks over tinder or instagram..? hwo did nobody notice that she used pictures of some student, i thought kilton was a small town. why did stanley keep jamey in his bathroom for seven days??? like whaat? like i get he was scared but whaaat?
  • E: it was entertaining, would i listen to it again? no.


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icedlemonade's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

The first book I ever cried about
I hated Stanley Forbes in the first book but he didn’t deserve to meet that fate even if he was who he was in the past
Another great book by Holly Jackson

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rinku's review

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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? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Good Girl, Bad Blood focusses on another mystery taking place in Kilton, with Pip uncovering dark secrets once again. I still love the small-town setting and the characters a lot, even though the pacing wasn’t the best in this novel which is why I gave it 3.5 stars. 

Pip has started an official true crime podcast when she learns that the brother of one of her friends disappeared. She starts to investigate again and gets in grave danger again. The podcast thing is the aspect of the book that I liked the least. I just don’t like the concept of True Crime in general, even though Jackson is criticising it as well. The podcast also made many things just too unbelievable, especially the
catfish thing seemed too farfetched for me. I can’t believe that no one reported the catfish before
. The big twist towards the end was a bit too farfetched for me as well but it was still interesting. 

While I found the first half of Good Girl, Bad Blood a bit boring since we have no secret investigation, it gets more interesting after the first half. I liked that social media was more incorporated here, and that people start
to think that the podcast is fake – I can’t blame them
. The worst moment was probably when
Max wasn’t plead guilty but that’s sadly realistic as well
. Towards the end, we learn
that Stanley Forbes is the son of a serial killer. It was so obvious that Charlie would be evil, his vibes were off. Stanley’s death was so emotional and well written


Especially towards the end, it becomes clear what a well written character Pip is. I loved to see her freaking out; it was so cathartic how she
demolished Max’ house
. Her trauma response is also written so well. Ravi is a great love interest but there’s barely any romance between them – maybe a bit more would be nice. 

All in all, I’m curious to see how the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series will end after this traumatic experience for Pip. Good Girl, Bad Blood is definitely just as strong as the first book. 

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sterreks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

i saw myself in pip, even tho that was scary as fuck, i loved this

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ellarae0111's review against another edition

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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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allydoessomereading's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

2nd book in the good girls guide to murder series! A great page-turner with suspense and mystery. I'm constantly trying to figure out the case with Pip which is great fun. This one was quite sad in the end though :'(

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kiittycatt's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

Such a good book! I was crying my eyes out at the end though 😂

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