Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

39 reviews

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Murder, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Bullying, Blood, Grief, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

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

that_awkwardpart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Rape, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

luanaxmp3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Rape, Child abuse, Cancer, Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, Child death, and Death

joppiereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

3.25

mysterious and interesting. after AGGTM, this book takes some of the consequences of the last and manages to be a consistent and coherent follow-up. 

pip isn’t my favorite character

- she can be a little insensitive to some of her co-characters (especially Nat!) and has inexplicably become an expert at police investigative procedures without development of those skills. i would have loved a chapter or two of her enjoying casual researching on investigations, just so her almost over-professional knowledge is explained better. that also would have made a fantastic contrast with the end, where she experiences this from a different side, as a direct witness. either way, pip’s mental health and the way it is discussed were very strong points in this book.

i enjoyed how the different characters were introduced and how a new mystery was developed without entirely neglecting the first. that was impressive and really immersive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

aysha_blake's review against another edition

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

saj04's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Drug use and Rape

jayden_ch11's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

the first book in this series is my favorite book and this one did not disappoint either. Pippa is thrown back into detective work and this time its almost more emotional. (i did cry through the entirety of the last 3 chapters)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual violence

1yourneighbourhoodbookworm1's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

fav book of all time <3

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Mental illness, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Death, and Cursing

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

Moderate: Mental illness and Child abuse

Minor: Cancer and Alcohol