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2.66k reviews for:

Not Quite Dead Yet

Holly Jackson

4.24 AVERAGE

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

sarahmjenkins's review

3.0
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sarahe2l's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Holly when I find you 😭

evelinevanos's review

4.0
dark emotional funny 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: Complicated

maddie_245's review

4.5
dark emotional 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: Complicated
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purrpurr's review

4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nothing beats a jet2holiday, not even death. and
never trust a family father in a holly jackson book.


i really enjoyed that. as a huge fan of books that take place within a week this was literally made for me. on the other hand i’m usually not a huge fan of knowing a character will die at the end, but i didn’t mind it so much here. holly jackson simply knows what’s up.

i wish i had written down my wild guesses after the first chapter because i completely forgot my suspects.
when they were still pretty vague about what happened with emily, i thought she might still be alive and killed jet for revenge for ruining her life. but as soon as they confirmed her death i knew luke had to be involved.


and it only got worse, didn’t it? i also guessed that billys mom left because of an affair (which was at least partly true). for a moment i thought, maybe it was jets dad and billys mom but then i remembered that jets mom didn’t vote for billys dad and that sealed the deal. i did not connect the dots, though. i didn’t expect luke actually to be his fucking son.


when they revealed that, i knew it had to be billys dad. i was so giddy that i figured it out, that i was caught completely off guard when jet died. it happened sooo quickly. i really liked her journey and i’m very proud of her. that being said, i’m not the biggest fan of the last chapter.


the fact that there was no real ā€œrevealā€ for me probably adds to that. but i also just hated that luke shot him. up until then everything was fine. but billys das should’ve rotted in jail and luke was supposed to change for the better. i guess, it’s poetic in a way, but i still don’t like it.


nevertheless, i really loved this. until the next one!!!
mysterious slow-paced

michaelp23101's review

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

thehelsproject's review

4.5
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: Yes

emmahorath's review

3.75
adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad 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