Reviews - Not Quite Dead Yet

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Not Quite Dead Yet

Holly Jackson

4.22 AVERAGE

tony21's review

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense 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

domi_krug's review

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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

This book was enjoyable, I really enjoyed the concept of having someone be murdered but them continue living and dealing with the emotions of having to die. It was a different take to a regular thriller where the person just gets murdered. I both disliked Jet and also really did like her? She was super irritating at times and a complete ass but I kind of liked that she made it difficult for you to feel sorry for her. I liked her determination to solve the murder. Her sarcasm really saved this book for me because it made some of the scenes in this book better, and the lengths that she was willing to go through, because she had nothing to lose, added a nice touch to this story.

Poor, sweet Billy, in a world full of boys, everyone needs Billy. He was amazing, so supportive and always there for Jet when no one else was. I really liked his character, and I also liked how Holly created their dynamic to be so powerful that every interaction between them felt so natural!! I enjoyed that. He is just a marshmallow that deserves the world!

I really enjoyed the writing style because there was a big focus on descriptions and I just really enjoyed being able to picture things.

So out of the three twists, I predicted the two main ones but didn't predict the minor one (Luke killing Emily).

Also, the letters in the book were really well done. They somehow made me feel emotional-especially the one for Billy and the one for the dog. The poor puppy! I think beside Jet's story the poor doggo screaming whilst Jet got hit in the head just did me in 🙈🙈

kitt_the_dragon's review

4.0

dark emotional funny 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: Complicated

alexistheauthor's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

“He’d had to do that twice. Hold the woman he loved in his arms as she lay dying.”

5★

i thought i knew the killer all along. but then the final twist at the end...

there's no questioning that i love holly jackson's books, and her adult debut was no joke. it was funny, sad, mysterious and trauma-inflicting all in one. jet and billy's friendship was so cute i was sobbing when

she died at the end. when billy told her that he was the killer and she figured it out, i was so happy because i never guessed who the killer was in any holly book. but that final twist at the end where billy's dad was the actual killer had me in shock😭

i highly recommend this book if you loved aggtm.

🚫 trigger warning - death, murder, child death, blood, violence, fire

Content Warnings

ladyejayne's review

4.5

dark sad

storyforger's review

3.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tsanchez's review

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

notyourtypicalbooktoker's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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: Yes

buchherz_eva's review

4.5

dark emotional inspiring mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Holly Jackson hat mit Not Quite Dead Yet wieder einmal ein Buch geschrieben, das mich von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite gefesselt hat.
Unsere Protagoniston Jet wird zu Halloween angegriffen und wacht dann im Krankenhaus auf. Ihr wird gesagt, dass sie noch eine Woche zu leben hat. Diese Woche möchte sie nutzen um ihren eigenen Mord aufzuklären. An ihrer Seite steht Billy, der sie dabei unterstützt.
Schon nach wenigen Kapiteln war mir die Protagonistin Jet unglaublich sympathisch. Sie hat mein Herz gleich mehrfach gebrochen, mich zu Tränen gerührt und dabei immer authentisch gewirkt und agiert. An ihrer Seite steht Billy, ihr "Co-Ermittler", den ich ebenfalls sehr schnell ins Herz geschlossen habe. Die Dynamik zwischen den Beiden macht einen großen Teil der Stärke des Romans aus.

Neben den lebendigen Charakteren sind es vor allem die vielen eindringlichen Zitate, die mir beim Lesen im Gedächtnis geblieben sind. Selten habe ich in einem Buch so viele neue Lieblingsstellen gefunden, die ich mir am liebsten sofort in meinem Reading Journal aufschreiben wollte.

In klassischer Holly-Jackson-Manier ist auch dieses Werk wieder „plotty, twisty, with a touch of human element“. Genau diese Mischung aus spannender Handlung, unerwarteten Wendungen und emotionaler Tiefe macht ihre Bücher für mich so besonders – und Not Quite Dead Yet bildet da keine Ausnahme.

Einziger kleiner Kritikpunkt sind die letzten paar Seiten, die mich nicht ganz so überzeugt haben wie der Rest. Ich hätte mir gewünscht, dass die Auflösung etwas anders gehandhabt worden wäre. Aufgrund dieses Endes konnte ich keine vollen fünf Sterne vergeben. Dennoch bleibt es für mich ein großartiges Leseerlebnis, das ich mit 4,5 Sternen bewerte.
Ein Muss für alle Fans von Holly Jackson und eine klare Empfehlung für alle, die Thriller mit spannender Prämisse und emotionalem Tiefgang lieben.

lotte1111's review

5.0

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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