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As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

469 reviews

fiwwa's review

mysterious tense fast-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

i thought "IS SHE INSANE?!?" and then i remember the name of this series 😃 but you know what's actually might be insane? holly jackson's search history writing this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Stalking, and Violence

sophie_the_reader_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Cursing

gretchotter's review against another edition

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

3.75

Embarrassed that I was so scared reading this young adult novel :’’’’’’’”(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse and Rape

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

cawilliams29's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

A thrilling end to a stunning series. As Good as Dead kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. Jackson's writing has such a vivid and emotional texture, I felt I was running through this tense plot right by Pip's side. 
The character development of Pip from the beginning to the end of this series I can imagine is quite polarising. I must admit I lost a bit of love for the new Pip and some of the decisions she made, but Jackson crafted such a well-developed, realistic character that no matter what she did I always rooted for her.
This book definitely leans more thriller than mystery and again might be a bit of a shock to readers of this series. Every twist and turn lead to more danger, more shock and a lot more gasping. I was pulled along this ride and towards the end especially, could not tear my eyes away.
Overall, The Good Girls Guide to Murder series is so well plotted and developed, the characters will stick with you and the mysteries themselves are always thrilling. I was pleasantly suprised by the amount of seeds dropped in book one that reappeared in this last installment, a feat of coming full circle.
Pick this series up if you want a fast and thrilling ride!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

taylorbrooke's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Stalking

moondaisyy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Rape, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual assault, Body horror, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Confinement

ojudge's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

This book was incredible. I read the first quarter of the book over about a month (because of my schedule, I didn’t have much time to read). But once I finally had a day free I picked it up and started reading, and read over 300 pages in one day until the book was finished. I couldn’t believe the turn of events that this book took…..absolutely insane. Just a warning that the ending of the book with have you screaming your head off and possibly crying. The very last page made me audibly gasp. AMAZING. Probably my favorite book in the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Violence, Death, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping and Animal death

fanboyriot's review against another edition

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

5.0

♡ Cold Case

♡ Feminine Rage

♡ How to Get Away with Murder

Wow, what a roller coaster this book was.  The most tense out of the series for sure.  I got through the first part then quickly worried how everything would come together by the end.  Which I’m super happy with how this ended.  Everything came full circle and it was so satisfying to read even if some parts were anxiety inducing.  Pip really slayed with her last case (pun may or may not be intended).

And yes, this book also has stunning formatting with all the extra details in the design of the book.  I absolutely loved this series and highly recommend it.

Spice Level: n/a

POV: First Person

Release Date: 28, September 2021

Rep: BIPOC (Main and Side Characters)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Violence, Murder, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Stalking, Gore, Addiction, Death, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Animal death, and Mental illness

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Child death, Suicide, Vomit, and Physical abuse

rorlav22's review

This book was extremely hard to get through. I rarely DNF a book - I don’t remember the last time I did - but I had to stop with this one for a couple reasons: **SPOILER ALERT**

1) the reveal and in-depth explanation of how Barney (the dog) was murdered - this, to me, is so unnecessary and animal murder is something that completely turns me off from books. I didn’t like this in the first book, and the expansion and increased violence of it in this book is even worse.
2) Pip has COMPLETELY changed from who she was. Granted, she has gone through some life-altering things, but becoming a jaded individual who puts herself above others (not caring that there’s an innocent man in prison for DT’s murders to save herself from going to jail when she did commit manslaughter as an act of almost-self-defense) is so far from the character she was that it’s hard to empathize with her or want to continue to see her path in this story.

Overall, I think there was unnecessary violence that was disturbing and didn’t add to the plot, as well as character development that didn’t seem true to who the character was at their core.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Animal death, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, and Stalking

Moderate: Mental illness

imbored_soillread's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Animal death, Death, Gore, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence