You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

2.5k reviews for:

Not Quite Dead Yet

Holly Jackson

4.25 AVERAGE

maria_harding's review

5.0
adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
arual_reads's profile picture

arual_reads's review

4.25
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Reader shocked and hurt that character she knew would die... does in fact die
alice_collins's profile picture

alice_collins's review

4.0
adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

court_lh's review

5.0
dark funny mysterious medium-paced
lizah1013's profile picture

lizah1013's review

4.25
adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

alinakartina's review

4.0
adventurous mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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

This was a plane read, a was perfectly suited to that (read in one setting). Really interesting premise - woman attacked, has a week to live post injury, decides to solve her own murder - I was proud of myself for figuring out whodunnit. (Probably pretty obvious lol). However the main character irritated me to no end - I get it, she’s dying so maybe I need to cut her some slack but does she need to be so obnoxious? And the author did Sophia dirty
like first of all, the fact Sophia was basically poisoning her father in law was absurd and so wackadoodle I found it hard to believe and there’s no reconciliation between Jet and Sophia? I don’t understand why we needed them to have been friends before Sophia married Jet’s brother… that whole dynamic was bizarre and unresolved to me.
 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

eb_lowe011's review

4.75
emotional funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved this book. The only reason it isn't a 5⭐️ read for me is that because I didn't relate to the characters a ton I wasn't as emotionally impacted as I wanted to be and kind of expected to be. I love Holly Jackson's writing and plots; they're so addictive and fast-paced (great for getting put of a slump if you need that) and overall just amazing reads. I loved Jet's humor and the song (iykyk) made me cry. I suspected every character at some point in time and though once someone in the book club I was reading it with pointed it out, I did mostly guess who did it; I wouldn't have figured it out on my own. Some of the other plot twists absolutely floored me as is true Holly Jackson fashion. This is my favorite or second favorite (I can't decide bc I'm a bit biased toward AGGGTM since it was my first) Holly Jackson. Auto-buy author for me and can't wait to read what's next. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings