Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

186 reviews

ccrowley18's review against another edition

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

4.25

Holy shit this is such a good series. Potential spoilers - trying to keep it as spoiler free as possible while gently brushing over what happens in the first 2 books.

Pippa Fitz-Amobi is crumbling, she’s been through too much trauma and it’s overtaking her. She’s found out the truth about Andie Bell’s murder, she has uncovered the mystery behind the disappearance of Jamie Reynolds, and she has witnessed a murder. Pip has blood on her hands and a gun in her heart. She’s not herself, she feels a completely different person to that happy-go-lucky girl she was before she started the Andie Bell case. Not only that, she’s now got a stalker who’s threatening to kill her. Pip’s struggles can only be saved by one person. One last case, save herself to save herself.

Holly Jackson has written an amazing YA thriller series. While I guessed the plot twist of who the stalker was but had NO IDEA WHERE IT WAS GOING IN PART 2! Awesome. Such a fast-paced and wickedly twisted thrill-ride of emotions and chaos. Each book is so interconnected and it all comes down to this final one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Body horror, Kidnapping, Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

jessw17's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, Cursing, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

thelostbookmark22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Stalking, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

ellahoward_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

2.0

Really disappointed with how this series ended. Having loved the first two books I thought I would really enjoy this one and for the first half even though it was darker I found it intriguing but it just back too unhinged and found it difficult to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death, Death, Vomit, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

I liked the start of the book where we got to see the real world trauma of someone who experienced a true crime, that was really refreshing and I liked the full circle thing but otherwise I hated this, it was so slow, repetitive, and boring, and I only continued because I wanted to finish the series 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

noceur's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.5

i am so dissapointed by how everything went down first first of all there is a major twist around the halfway of the book and no it's not the revelation of the identity of the serial killer being discussed or the stalker i think most of the people who read the book figured that out pretty early on but i am talking about

how Pip murders Jason Bell after she's already escaped from his kidnapping and in a really brutal manner too

Not only does that happen but also the rest of the book is just

Pip and nearly all her friends covering up the murder

is it stupid yes but was it bearable also yes but the end

Pip cuts herself off from everyone she knows and then we just see a text from Ravi

this angered me the most i am just going to act like i didn't read this and come up with my own alternative ending

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death

pettie's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual assault

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Stalking, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Rape

lc_27's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, Mental illness, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Drug use

readwmichelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Drug use, Gore, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Addiction, and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury