Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

120 reviews

colorful_lulu's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

It was slow until 2/3 of the book. It had a very interesting concept it was just not paced as well as it could’ve been. I thought the way Holly Jackson described details, or rather which detailed she pointed out and which she omitted, was really cool. The romance plot line confused the hell out of me. The kiss scene was added in so randomly in the most unrealistic and illogical point of the scene.

The reason why they ended up kissing was because they were standing closely when placing the camera on the bookshelf but Rachel found it immediately so what’s the point of putting them in that situation?

I get that the romance subplot adds to the theme but it was so random

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Stalking, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

charlee_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I have no words. Just. Wow…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the plot twist but there were too many events post the plot reveal, which ruined the pacing at the end 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Dementia

diyanosauruss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Stalking, and Death of parent

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this took so many twists, most of which i never saw coming
ash has incredibly unique outfits 😂
age rating — 14+

thoughts while reading

p9: oh. my. gosh. don’t tell me

the crew already knew rachel was back and that’s her arriving for a ✨wonderfully heartfelt✨ camera reunion

p11: thank the lord for that

p30: like father like daughter

She got into bed, making eye contact with the book waiting for her on top of the nightstand. The plot hadn't really got going yet—a lot of backstory—but something exciting was going to happen soon.
It had to: the title promised it.

haha you’re a real one for that holly jackson

p52: covid haha fun times

p65: that “oi” is basically pip-coded

p96: pip would fixate on that discrepancy too

p115: secret theory:

jeff and charlie were involved somehow

p127: ok that is definitely a slip-up

“I, for one, wouldn’t put needles in your hands. You seem like the stabby type.”

p133: i mean she might not have actually.

she knew how to evade cameras so she could’ve also figured out how to get herself on camera

p143: ash is very observant 

p144: oh ash is right,

she came back for money! she only reappeared cause she will get a colossal payout from it, and then she’ll probably disappear after she’s got it

p147: ironic since that’s exactly what i thought on page 9

p155: oh my god this is absolute confirmation

"You can call me anytime. You know that, right? Anytime."
"Sure," Bel said. Anytime, just not the last sixteen years, the years people tended to need their moms most.

Flared jeans and a fluorescent green T-shirt covered in happy apples: happles.

“if you spell apple sauce, with an ‘h,’ you can call it happle sauce.”

p194: mr tripp 😳 what were you doing man?

p211: charlie! where are you!?

p222: tripp is at it again!

calling sick to nab charlie

p228: i wonder if face id would work since they look the same

p258: oop really opened yourself up there bob. rachel totally came to him

She'd told him to dress incognito, which, for Ash, meant a thin yellow turtleneck and denim overalls. Like a Minion.

🍌🍌🍌

p273: the banter is 😙👌🏻

p284: surely charlie wouldn’t do that to bel 💔

p298: GIRL it’s 2024!! all you have to do is press the power button 5 times!! how do you not know this!?

p303: why did i literally just suspect

phillip was involved and now rachel’s accusing him. he’s too invested in the case, inserting himself too much.

but on the other hand,

rachel could just be making it up

p313: oh god

p317: no i wonder if

she might be telling the truth about it being 15 years. maybe something happened in that unaccounted year.

p317: oh my gosh

charlie was psycho-manipulating her

this entire time

p335: i wasn’t quite expecting that 😶

p337: oh gosh, a lot of those books came out fairly recently, rachel never gave up hope!

p356: i am so glad

rachel never meant to leave bel

🥺

p381: oh god

charlie is genuinely gonna murder rachel if he gets his hands on her. jeff is such an idiot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infertility and Blood

amandab0514's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Death of parent

meaghancook's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.25

This would have been so much better without the

full on murder coverup

and the

blackmail at the end

. We’re just supposed to believe that no one ever

figures out that Charlie and Jeff are dead and Sherry is in hiding????

Also how in the world does Bel just shift gears so quickly??? I liked this in theory and for the first 75% and then it completely jumped the shark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

jessw17's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

♡ Plot Twist

♡ Missing Person Found

♡ Who Should You Trust?

A documentary for a missing woman who suddenly returns after sixteen years.  Bell is left to unravel the true, to find out who was lying to her about what happened that night her mom went missing.  Was she even really taken to begin with?  But Bell soon realizes she can’t trust the people she thought she could.

This was a bit slow but at about the 30% mark it kicked in.  This story was wild and I was so invested.  Each truth Bell found out added to the story so well.  The mystery, the suspense of what really happened when Rachel disappeared was all an addictive read.  I didn’t see some of the twists coming when it came to Rachel’s disappearance.  It was also really entertaining to see some of the behind the scenes of the making of the documentary.

Spice Level: n/a

Angst Level: 💧💧 (2/5)

POV: Third Person

Release Date: 07, September 2024

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping