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As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

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luxxltyd's review against another edition

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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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sierrajhansen's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

it's a sign of a very good book when, every time i put it down, i'm either left with anxiety that i'm being stalked, in real life, or tension and worry that i killed someone, I N R E A L L I F E ,

and need to frame someone else for their murder.

while it took some time for me to get into this book, it had me in an insane chokehold from the second half on. i didn't expect any part of what happened next, and the way that holly jackson laid it out was so masterful and impressive. i can't believe the way all three books are intertwined together to create one mindblowing story. i literally read like 300 pages of this in one day because it had me so enthralled.

this book was amazing. i felt like throwing up for a large chunk of the book (which, considering what this book is about, is a sign of good writing), but at the end i was actually sad it was over and felt a sense of loss. part of me really really really wants to reread this! already!!!

i feel a little weird about pip's choice to

cut herself off from her friends, family, and ravi, but i think it's a sign of her selflessness and willingness to sacrifice everything when it comes to the people she loves the most.

i also wonder a lot about how things might have turned out had pip

actually gone and gotten help. i feel like the way things ended up were very lucky and her gamble made it so that she could help billy, herself, and the DT killer's victims' families, while royally fucking max hastings over for life. with all that she stood to gain in mind, it makes sense to me why she did what she did and i'm thoroughly impressed that she was able to pull it off.

100/10

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pi7002's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.25

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theincrediblehallk's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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luiseee_bln's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

Personally, I preferred the first two books in the series, but this volume is a good ending for the series and a good ending for Pip's story.

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riri13's review against another edition

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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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bookishlittlebird's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

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bellaq's review against another edition

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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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valley's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

This book had me on the edge of my seat. i wanted to reach into it and shake some sense into them tbh.

there's nothing more nervewracking to me than watching a character build a web of lies. i was genuinely more anxious when pip was doing that than when she was abducted.

i had heard both very good and very bad things about this book before reading it, and i saw that someone said that this didn't fit the characters. to which i would say it absolutely does. pip is not the slightly naïve "good girl" anymore. she is traumatised, has lost so much that mattered to her, she has ptsd

(and a drug addiction thanks to that).

she has been failed by the police before. this developement makes perfect sense, even if it's not what we'd wish for her.

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aino_maria23's review against another edition

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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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