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Not Quite Dead Yet

Holly Jackson

4.33 AVERAGE

dark mysterious sad medium-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
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howifeelaboutbooks's review

2.0
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 Interesting premise but not my favorite of Jackson’s so far. I feel like the sentence structure got really repetitive and left me skimming a bit because everything felt too in Jet’s head and the thoughts were redundant. However, I love that there was no miracle at the end. It definitely felt more YA to me than I expected, despite the protagonist’s age, so maybe if the age was different I would have had different feelings going into it and some of the more juvenile storylines would have felt more appropriate. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
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hab1ba09_'s review

5.0
challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated
challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Das war mein erstes Buch von Holly Jackson und ich wurde nicht enttäuscht.
Der Klappentext klang schon unglaublich spannend! Sieben Tage Zeit um seinen eigenen Mörder zu finden 😱 Ob Jet am Ende erfolgreich ist, muss jeder selber lesen.
Ich fand das Buch durchgehend spannend und überraschend. Es war aber auch so viel mehr als das. Ich habe gelacht und geweint und Billy und Jet sehr ins Herz geschlossen.
Ich kann das Buch jedem empfehlen, der Lust auf einen Thriller hat, der nicht zu gruselig ist und sich auch um die Themen Freundschaft, Liebe, Geheimnisse und der Endlichkeit des eigenen Lebens dreht. 

Vielen Dank an Bastei Lübbe für das Rezensionsexemplar über Netgalley.
adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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cookiee3's review

4.25
mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated