The Reappearance of Rachel Price
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The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Holly Jackson2024
Lights. Camera. Lies. 18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom's mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on. But the case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can't wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again. Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn't sure it's real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And - could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . .. From world-renowned author Holly Jackson comes a mind-blowing masterpiece about one girl's search for the truth, and the terror in finding out who your family really is.
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will@ravynsbf
5 stars
Mar 4, 2025

love love love this book!!! it was so addictive, i couldn't put it down. the rollercoaster of emotion i went through in just three hours was crazyyyy. holly jackson is such a good writer, thrillers are truly her calling. also,,, ash my beloved <3

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kas@kasreads
5 stars
Feb 4, 2025

love love love this book!!! it was so addictive, i couldn't put it down. the rollercoaster of emotion i went through in just three hours was crazyyyy. holly jackson is such a good writer, thrillers are truly her calling. also,,, ash my beloved <3

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Sophia@sophia25
3.5 stars
Dec 10, 2024

I didn't really like how it all played out in the end so I was a little bit disappointed by it.

Also I hate when questions are left unanswered so the ending was even more unsatisfying plus the fact that some parts didn't really make sense if you look at character continuity.

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Evie ruby bevan@eviexx
3 stars
Oct 9, 2024

It was really fun and there was interesting plot twists

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Kass@kass_sheehan24
4.5 stars
Oct 3, 2024

This was a longer audio book but it was very quick paced and had me hooked from the start!! Holly Jackson has such a way at writing somewhat annoying female main characters lol but I love that they are never perfect and always have their own flaws!

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Indi@indiw-ellink
3.5 stars
Sep 20, 2024

Isthmus yet another right person wrong time ship from holly and I will kms

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shiya@shiya
4 stars
Aug 30, 2024

family above all — the originals.

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v@uuyu
3 stars
Aug 26, 2024

seperti biasa, the twist is something. i dunno apakah karena i finished this book too quickly atau emang begitu, tapi pas di akhir tuh berasa ngos-ngosan karena berasa kayak si rachel info dumping tentang seluruh cerita about her disappearance. i feel like too much info to absorb/process, but also can’t think about the best way to let bel knows about what happened.

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sophie bastow@sophiebastowx
3 stars
Jul 7, 2024

i hated the ending so much!!! i loved charlie and he turned out to be a pyscho? when i finished the book i felt angry and annoyed

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Keira 💫@dirtyhandssidechick
4 stars
Jun 29, 2024

Oh God. This book was reaaaaaaaalllly good. Yeah the plot was way darker than AGGGTM.

I love Ash and Bel. But I’ll be honest, the relationships weren’t as strong as they were in AGGGTM.

So while I absolutely loved the book, ESPECIALLY THE END. I wouldn’t put this book ahead of AGGGTM.

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matti horckmans@matti444
4.5 stars
Jun 21, 2024

WHAT THE FLIP. i really didn't see any of this coming this was sooooo good i was shook okay SHOOK

i honestly didnt really like bel in the beginning just bc of her mindset but i see where the trust issues came from now and i understand her ALSO ash and her did NOT deserve that ending that was so mean

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Ahsoka@ahsokaronja
4 stars
Jun 21, 2024

In the beginning I had to force myself to read it but in the end I couldn’t put it down!

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saint @saintsdeath
3.5 stars
Jun 16, 2024

holly jackson, you never miss.

this was considerably a fast-read for me. the romance felt a bit forced for me but the mystery aspect really gave me the thrill of my life.

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issa@issaktay
5 stars
Jun 13, 2024

trust issues: a novel

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Katie Roberts@katie05
4.5 stars
Jun 11, 2024

Good book

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Linta@lintareads
4 stars
May 29, 2024

4.75⭐️ Oh this book was good, I literally read in one seating. The plot twists had me shook. Holly really does write the best young adult murder mystery books

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anya@anyasrvn
4 stars
May 23, 2024

holly jackson!!!

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surtified™@heartrender081
3 stars
May 13, 2024

I loved the writting of this book, i loved the plot, i loved the idea, and I liked some of the characters. But what really just diminished this rating was the length of the book. 500 pages is far too long for a thriller; most thrillers are in the range of 300-400 and I think once a reader hits a certain number pages, they don't even care anymore, and just want to skip to the end and see what happens. This book is fast paced in terms of reading ability, as all Holly Jackson books are But the plot is so so so slow, there's a rare bits of development over a span of 150 pages, and it took to get to chapter 37 to finally see some actual action. Furthermore, I just found bell infsufferable because of how horrible she was to her mother. And I don't find her sarcasm rudness as funny or witty, she just seems like a rude person. Finally, as we neared the end, it just became more and more absurd. I like to have thriller books that have some kind of realistic touch to them, but it just became increasingly ridiculous.

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auri 🪐@luthoreads
3.5 stars
May 7, 2024

i don’t know if it’s a common occurrence but i didn’t like bel at all until the very end which kinda changed my mind about her, what made me realize that she’s a teenager and of course she’s going to think as a teenager and i at 27 years old need to be more empathetic towards that teenager feeling to rebel against everything that we all had at some point.

plot wise i really enjoyed it, i don’t read mysteries that often but when i do i always pick my unsub on the very first chapter and this time i didn’t miss, although i did doubt it at some point but it all came back to that person so it was just perfect.

don’t get me wrong, knowing who was it doesn’t get the excitement out of the book for me, i enjoy it more, because i finally had the whole story and boy it was a good one, realistic and probably, if you think about it, more common than what we want to believe.

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miu@miureads
4 stars
May 5, 2024

"Sometimes, they even came back from the dead." feeling like i stumbled on a family's dark secret but hope my mom knows this is also what I'd do

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Alesha Clifford@aleshadclifford
4 stars
May 4, 2024

Was still addicted to this during my exam week, so that says something.

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star girl✨@asterionn
4 stars
Apr 25, 2024

the twist and turns in this book! so goooood! had me guessing up until the end!

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Nanthanat Chompradist@kkwannntn
4 stars
Apr 24, 2024

Rating: 4.25/5 ⭐️ The plot is intriguing. I have some plot twists that surprised me. What I didn't enjoy: - Bel is just too unlikable for my taste. - The detective part felt slow, falling short of my expectations. - The romantic interest between Bel and Ash lacked chemistry. - The ending felt too simple.

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melanie@melanieslibrary
5 stars
Apr 19, 2024

Holly Jackson the woman you are

Highlights

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Taylor Grace@taylorgrace

"To the most fucked-up family in America. Cheers!"

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taylor@taylorlynne

“Rachel accepted it, the silver beam lighting up both her daughters. “It’s going to be OK, girls. I love you. I’ll see you later, when we all get home.”

Bel picked up the axe, started to turn, but Carter hesitated, a croak in the back of her throat.

“Which home?” she asked.

“Ours, Carter,” their mom said. “Our home.”


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taylor@taylorlynne

And the moon had seen it all.

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Aimee :)@aimees_reading

His eyes were wide and swimming, teeth glowing in the dark.

"I would have deleted it all, if you'd asked me." His voice shook.

"You only needed to ask."

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Aimee :)@aimees_reading

“…Don't let him get away with it this time, don't let him get away with killing me twice."

"Mom" Bel cried, throat seizing around the word. Not a hard word anymore, the easiest one in the world. "Mom."

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Aimee :)@aimees_reading

A blink, a hidden message inside it. Yes, they could leave him in here. A new family secret, dark only because of the ones that came before, one that bound the two of them together. Mother and daughter. Mom and Bel. A team.

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Aimee :)@aimees_reading

"That wasn't unpleasant for me."

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Aimee :)@aimees_reading

"What's it called?" Rachel cut in, hovering in the doorway, eyes screwed against the sun. "The documentary?"

Ramsey swallowed, staring up at her. "The Disappearance of Rachel Price. Except, I guess we'll have to change the name now."

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