Reviews tagging 'Child death'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

27 reviews

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

what an amazing end to this trilogy. i loved each book by itself and this was the most perfect ending. it was incredibly fast paced and it had me on the edge of my seat. i held my breath a lot. audibly gasped. got chills and felt so many emotions. to sum the book up i would say: i support womens rights, but more importantly, i support womens wrongs. i loved pip and i felt for her during the series. such a loveable and headstrong character. i wish there was going to be more books but i understand that the story is over, i just wish it wasn’t. this is a series i would recommend everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Violence

katieedwards's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit

cianarae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, and Alcoholism

stellabyproxy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

This book shot me in the heart and Holly Jackson pulled the trigger! The first half of As Good As Dead felt as close to your average mystery as you could get, with our honorary Sarge Pippa Fitz-Amobi absolutely spiralling and losing her shit. An almost The Woman In The Window atmosphere. 

But that all took a sharp turn. The second half made me cry, multiple times. It made me laugh, it made me hope. It made me questions right and wrong, and truth and justice. I was rooting for Team Pip and Ravi all the way and Holly Jackson made sure of it. Which made the last chapters even more gut wrenching. If Pip was a ticking time bomb then I was sitting right there with her, within the blast radius. Absolutely blown to smithereens. Every “Sarge”, “It’s me and you, trouble”, “I don’t want to lose you,” and “he was my best thing” completely shattered me. I wished to take away half their pain, to share in their fears and I did. Pip said, “If it was a choice between me and you, I choose you,” and I wholeheartedly choose them. Mariah Carey’s Always Be My Baby started playing as I read the last page and I sobbed for the entire song. 

The answer to the question, “Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears?” was found family. It was to love and to be loved and the things we do for that love. I wasn’t sure what direction this trilogy would go in after Good Girl, Bad Blood. It simply felt impossible for it to get any better, but it did. And it has solidified itself as one of my favourite books of all time. And my favourite series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Child death, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, and Rape

mme_carton's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ciao_potatoes's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

keb3's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape