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This book was amazing, it did not disappoint at all, the series is definitely becoming one of my favourite of all time and it's all thanks to an amazing story line and a great writing.
Definitely recommend

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AMAZING

Recensito in Italia 🇮🇹 il 11 marzo 2023

I loved the first book and so I had to buy the second. It was a very intriguing book with a crazy plot twist. If you haven't read these books yet you must, NOW!

G. S. Paola

Bel libro

Recensito in Italia 🇮🇹 il 30 dicembre 2022

Visto che l'edizione in italiano non era ancora uscita abbiamo acquistato questa in lingua originale. Libro scorrevole e ben scritto richiede una buona conoscenza della lingua.

Recensito in Italia 🇮🇹 il 6 settembre 2022

molto scorrevole, storia molto intrigante, come sempre. Lo consiglio!

just as good as the first one!

Mathilda

Recensito in Italia 🇮🇹 il 31 ottobre 2021

really liked this one! plot just as amazing as the first one.

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Coral Hammond

Amazing sequel

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 28 maggio 2020

If you're here then you've probably already read GGGTM, so I won't go into how good Holly Jackson is as a storyteller because you already know.
*no spoilers for book 2. there will be book 1 spoilers*

The story picks up not long after the events of book 1, showing how our main characters are healing, or not, from what's happened.
I appreciate that our main character Pip wasn't shown to be completely ok after everything that had happened. We are shown her suffering through grief from the death of Barney in book 1, and the after effects of being spiked and attacked by Becca.

We're given this new mystery almost immediately in the story, and through Pip and her friends investigation we're taken through many twists and turns, throughout being witness to Pips inner guilt, fear, and apprehension. We also see relationships and friendships between the characters built up, and some begin to crumble away due people's actions and attitudes.

Good Girl, Bad Blood included and worked with so many difficult and sensitive subjects, with the final revelation being based on something that would no doubt truly be controversial, with many people on many sides of the argument. The finale was truly heart breaking, and we left Pip without the ultimate happy ending.

I am so intrigued to see what book three will hold (please be a book three), I can't wait to read more about Pip, Ravi, and their little band of detectives.

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Dini

A solid 5-stars — my favourite in the series so far!

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 5 ottobre 2021

I really enjoyed AGGGTM but I absolutely loved Good Girl, Bad Blood. Pippa is an amazing and complex character and I am in awe of her! This was such a binge-able read and I finished it in two sittings cos I could not put it down once the ball got rolling—and it really got rolling! This YA thriller series has fast become a favourite and I can't wait to dive straight into the third book after this.

If you love mixed media formats, then you'll love this even more because in addition to text messages, emails, maps and interviews, we also get episodes of Pip's famous true-crime podcast! It definitely makes for a more engaging and easy read. GGBB was a well-paced mystery and thriller that kept me hanging on to the edge of my seat as I sped through the pages eager to find out just what happened to Jamie. Y'know, I was so chuffed with myself at one point because I was 100% sure I had guessed whodunit but, alas, I led myself astray because it was not who and what I expected at all. Although there are definitely fewer red herrings compared to the first book, this had some delightful twists and turns to keep you guessing! Also, at this point, should I even be surprised that the police force is absolutely useless? It was so frustrating that they continued to do absolutely nothing when Pippa was basically doing their job for them, and the poor girl really suffers the consequences in the end.

Pip is just as doggedly determined when it came to solving this mystery as she was in AGGGTM but things feel a little more personal here as the missing young man, Jamie, is one of her best friend's brothers. Pip evolves in such an interesting way, and not necessarily in the healthiest or most positive ways, but I loved her, though I can definitely see why people would find her frustrating and might hate her character. She tries her hardest to be the "good girl" and to not spiral while investigating Jamie's disappearance, but she struggles to be the person she was before she uncovered and experienced first-hand the horrors of Little Kilton's dirty little town secrets. She does push peoples buttons trying to get to the truth and she also does some damaging things towards the end as she slowly loses control but her grit, determination and sheer inability to give up (even if it puts her in dangerous situations) was something I really admired about her character. Yes, I wanted to shake her at times but I also wanted to give her high-fives along the way and, by the end, to give her the biggest panda hug and never let go. I really appreciated how Jackson show's the reality of what taking on such a tremendous role as Pippa does can do to a person. Yes, Pippa is an amazing sleuth and but there's really only so much a person can take, right? By the end, Pip is teetering on a knife's edge and we're not sure just which way she'll fall. It's not all roses, folks.

Aside from Pippa, we see a lot of familiar faces in this book like Ravi, Cara, Connor, Naomi, Nat and Daniel da Silva and of course, Pip's family. Although I was a bit sad that we didn't get scenes with Pip's amazing family (especially her dad!), Ravi, Connor and Cara continue to play great supporting roles. Ravi and Pip have such a great relationship and their banter really had me cracking up at certain points—he's so cheeky and I loved how he brought levity to Pip's life (as cheesy as that sounds).

Overall, I laughed a lot and I (very surprisingly) shed a couple of tears by the end. It's safe to say that I'm pretty invested in this series and the characters! I hope Pippa is gonna be okay and I can't wait to read on and find out for myself (soon). I'd highly recommend this series if you enjoy YA mysteries/thrillers!

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Paradise Library

Intriguing but predictable YA crime

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 19 agosto 2021

While I didn’t love AGGGTM I did like the concept and was impressed with the twists and the red herrings to throw you off. So as I’d already bought GGBB I figured I’d give it a go.

It’s much the same as the first. A teenager in a small town discovers more secrets and decides to step in and solve a disappearance before the police. Using her viral podcast, she sets about sharing everything she finds out. Aside from the fact that this is putting people’s lives at risk, it invites trolls and pranksters from across the UK. You’d think she’d have learned from her first foray into criminal detection...

The writing style is much better; it’s more mature and less teeny. There are still a few details skipped, and a couple of typos (like the first book) but it doesn’t detract too much from the story. Once again there are some nice twists and a few nicely planted details to confuse readers. But I still guessed our perpetrator (a newcomer who’s a web designer - purlease?)

Most of the characters remain unlikeable (Pippa is even more annoying and now seems hell bent on destroying her future) and the story is still unrealistic.

This bunch of teenagers all seem to have their own cars, limited rules and don’t have a problem with breaking & entering, criminal damage & harassment (not to mention downright rudeness). And of course drug dealers are still more than happy to share confidential information with kids. Sure...

Yet there’s something about it that made me keep reading; I think I wanted to be sure I was right. Jackson does keep you guessing and second guessing, so for that it deserves some credit.

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James Brydon

Another excellent story from Holly Jackson - engrossing and entertaining.

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 14 giugno 2022

It is a few months on from the conclusion of Pippa Fitz-Amobi’s investigation that exposed the truth behind the disappearance and of Andie Bell and the apparent suicide of her boyfriend Sal in the small Buckinghamshire town of Kilton. Following the stress and danger that arose from that investigation, Pippa has sworn to steer clear of any similar activities, and now wants just to concentrate on her schoolwork and try to secure a place at Cambridge University.

However, her exposure of the failings of the police investigation, and the clearing of Sal’s name, have garnered a lot of attention for Pippa. Her podcast about the affair has attracted a wide following, although it has also exposed her to the viciousness of internet trolls. She is, therefore, reluctant when a friend asks her to help to find out what has happened to his elder brother, who seems to have gone missing. As the missing person is an adult, the police show little interest in investigating the apparent disappearance at this early stage. He has, after all, had a couple of temporary absences in the past. Pippa sees how concerned her friend is, and agrees to use her podcast to put the message out about the disappearance, and gradually becomes drawn back into a full investigation.

As with the previous book, Holly Jackson presents this story excellently, capturing the feel of a podcast, and slipping in all sorts of nots and documents in between chapters. Like A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, this book has been marketed as a young adult story, but I found it perfectly satisfying reading it as an adult with a long history of reading hard bitten crime novels. After all, while the writing is highly accessible, Jackson doesn’t pull back from addressing serious issues, and the story includes references to kidnapping, murder, sexual assault and rape, and gun crime, along with recounted episodes from a trial of a character from the previous book who was prosecuted for date rap.

Once again, a very entertaining book, that has left me keen to read the next instalment in the series.

The Belgian Reviewer

Good read

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 28 marzo 2021

Good Girl, Bad Blood was a highly anticipated novel to read and I bought it as soon as I finished the first novel of the trilogy, one I absolutely loved and which even made an appearance on my end of year list. Good Girl, Bad Blood is a great sequel to the this young adult mystery murder novel titled A Good Girls Guide to Murder which I reviewed in July last year, but of course the format (with transcripts, a map, in essence lots of visual embellishments) in which Jackson’s debut novel was written, was expected now so the surprising effect wasn’t really there this time. Not that I didn’t appreciate that she used the same techniques though, I love how attractive she made it look again!

In the previous novel Pip was looking for a murderer, believing the police came to the wrong conclusion, but this time she’s looking for a missing person, which meant her investigation is more about finding clues instead of suspects. She does go around interrogating several people again but I didn’t happen to feel the same thrill of sleuthing that I had in the first novel where I was more actively thinking along who the villain could be.

The author raised the bar so high with her first novel and while I heard some readers say this one’s even better, I’m not sure I feel the same way. Don’t get me wrong, Good Girl, Bad Blood is a ‘bloody good novel’ but the best one so far is undoubtedly still the first one for me (I have to admit, I often feel that way). There really is no shame holding this second place though because I still very much enjoyed seeing Pip in her element again, making lots of progress throughout the novel at a steady pace (she’s really a young Veronica Mars and she does it so well) and I can only think of two small things that I would have liked to have seen differently. The first is the fact that Ravi, Pip’s wingman in novel one is taking quite a backseat in this one, and I missed this voice of reason sometimes, not to mention his positive and warm personality, and the other thing is that this novel recaps literally everything that happened in the first novel, it goes on for several pages and while I enjoyed that it jogged my memory this way, I don’t think that readers who haven’t read the first novel will appreciate this because there is no point reading the first of the series after you read this one, so do take that into account if you’re interested in reading it.

Anyway to say I’m very excited to read book 3 of the series As Good As Dead is an understatement (I’ll have to wait till August/September at least though) because in this third story Pip has a stalker and there’s a man behind bars who is probably the wrong person and a real serial killer who’s running free. I’m trying to keep my expectations in check this time but it’s really hard with this series! So, if you’re used to reading detective stories but new to young adult, this is absolutely a great series to start with!

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