Reviews tagging 'Blood'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

564 reviews

alyssa_brown's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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ursa_arlo's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really like this installment. It starts of slow with Pip dealing with her trauma and starting to suspect she is being stalked; this part is a little jarring as it's very heavy and repetitive, but near the middle, the book speeds up and damn... It is the perfect circular ending to this series.

I was wondering what could possible happen after
Pip escapes from Jason
around the middle of the book but I was pleasantly surprised. 
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eleos01's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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nele_281's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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samigeo122's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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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pianoplayer279's review against another edition

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

4.5

An incredible conclusion to an absolutely fantastic series! Age 15+
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stitch_11's review against another edition

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5.0

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ezrahattrick's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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redempta's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

4 🌟

I didn't enjoy this book as much as the first two. I feel like was way too long and I lost interest so many times. People hyped this book so much about the plot twist, so I came into it with so much expectations and got disappointed. 
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samairadgaf's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This series will never not be good to me. Yes, this book is so much darker in a different way compared to the others in the series, but of course it is. Pip faced something so traumatic in the previous one that many people wouldn't even be able to handle. She has changed, and I loved how Holly Jackson portrayed that. The internal conflict in her mind about Charlie and Stanley, foreshadowing the big twist in this book. It will always and forever be one of my faves. 


Spoilers: 
Many people found it annoying with the ending because we couldn't see how Ravi and Pip ended, but the pressure for a writer to write the perfect ending is enormous. And Holly Jackson wrote it anamzingly nevertheless. She left it for open interpretation because anything could happen. She wanted us to leave with an understand that this is the end, and we won't get a random book with Pip and Ravi and their kids in 20 years. I am content with the ending, and I loved the entirety of the book.

If people are mad at Pip's morals, I mean come on, you should be mad at many others in the book then. Pip faced so much unforgettable trauma, and it led her to this. This event showed her that her friends will stand by her, and Ravi as well. Throughout the series, the police never trusted her. Looking into her mind helped me with this as well. It's reflecting so much on the modern crime politics and how so many victims come forward with no one believing them. Pip had good reasons, and with what she's faced, I agree with what she did. Yes, doing what she did was wrong physically, but Max wouldn't have faced consequences without that, neither Jason Bell.

We see the fu circle, with finding that Andie Bell was trying to protect her sister, and Pip was protecting others from Max and Jason. I loved everything and I will never stop
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