Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

311 reviews

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

saumyagupta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It's so amazing that Holly didn't shy away in this book. From everything, Pip's trauma, her drug use, the main theme of this book. If she had, we wouldn't have this masterpiece. I loved the development of Pip's character from the first book. If I started reading the first book just after completing this, the difference would give me a whiplash. I do think it's totally in character for her. I enjoyed this book so so much it's unreal

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Toxic relationship and Car accident

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping

Minor: Grief

riri13's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Wasn’t expecting any of that. Kinda sad.

i knew that Jason was the DT killer but I can’t believe that he got killed by an 18 year old. “Karma is gonna track you down”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Stalking, and Murder

bellaq's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

aino_maria23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, and Vomit

bleach226's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, and Stalking

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Misogyny

tamsin_emma's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

Dark murder mystery thriller. Fast paced, deals with some interesting moral questions and lots of character development 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

Dark murder mystery. Deals with difficult themes

cbuchanan's review against another edition

dark tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexism, and Vomit

I really liked the previous books in the series, but this felt like an inadequate ending to the series. (Light, non-detailed spoilers ahead)

about halfway through the book, we learn who the DT killer is, and the turn the book takes from there is jarring. Pip was set up as a brilliant young woman, and the actions she takes don't feel like they track with her character from previous books. It's understandable, but seems highly illogical even with her explanation of her decisions.

Detailed spoilers below:

I loved that Jason Bell was the DT Killer, but I hated everything after Pip escaped and decided to turn back and kill him and then pin it on Max Hastings. I hated Max, he was written to be incredibly hateable and explicitly bad, but setting him up to take the fall for killing Jason just doesn't feel satisfying to me. The decision will haunt Pip forever, and she's already struggling with her mental health after seeing Stanley die in the previous book, so it doesn't make sense to me that she's going to be okay with this for the rest of her life. I'm really disappointed with how this ended honestly, and I wish I'd liked it more.

florapatricia's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It took me two tries to finish this book. The teenage anxt was getting at me big times. 

ALthough, if I think about it, I would love me a partner who helps with cleaning up my murder without question. But the breakup scene at the very end reminded me of Twilight New Moon big times. Maybe I am just jealous of the teenage passion these characters embody.

Anyways; the narrators did a fantastic job, I recommend the audiobook if you're interested in an unconventional murder mytery book series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail