Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

22 reviews

goldyyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Blood, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Torture, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Vomit, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Drug abuse

imaginethisreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It is always impressive when a creator, author, director, graphic novelist etc can continue a true crime novel that stays put in once place. Riverdale did not manage it. Hail, did not manage it. A good girls guide to murder? Did. It is impressive the way Holly Jackson not only manages to work so many crimes into one area and make them play out in a believable way. It excellent that she does not skip the ugly truths of trauma that would accompany these events. Excellent story, excellent plan, very well written. Althought not for young people. This had me looking over my shoulder for a bit. A lot of content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Animal death, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Racism

saoreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

It's going back full circle. That in itself was the part that got me thinking how the plot was moving to lurk back into the beginning to end this misery. This got me through a dreadful experience that was very traumatizing. As a matter of fact, the incident took up a lot of chapters due to its detailed account of how the characters pulled through to come to a decision that was air-tight with a solid alibi. I didn't know what to expect after, but the end brought me both tears of joy and agony, though the former was overpowering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Stalking, and Vomit

nickyreads_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

maya_ahmed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Gore

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Cursing

innastholiel's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, Stalking, Blood, Medical trauma, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexual assault, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Vomit

miad435's review against another edition

dark 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Stalking, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

meowsect's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.0

i have such mixed feelings regarding this book. loved the previous two of the series but this one just didn't quite meet my expectations...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Medical trauma, and Stalking

nicolibby's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Rape and Medical trauma