Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

669 reviews

ezrahattrick'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Gore, Stalking, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Addiction, Gun violence, and Rape

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Animal death

sharg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. ITS THE BEST BOOK IN THE SERIES. DEFINITELY RECOMMEND READING!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, and Blood

isaile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Confinement, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Stalking, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Addiction, Rape, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Drug abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Child death, Abandonment, and Gun violence

escape_to_reality's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book really neatly tied together the trilogy,

Andie still being a part of the mystery felt fitting. 
That Pip didn't realize that Jason Bell was DT earlier felt a bit off, I knew that immedialy when she found out about his companys connections and that he was away on the night Tara was killed. She should have at least questioned what he was doing that night.

Overall I really loved how Pips character grew during the series, and how her trauma is dealt with. The pacing and events really kept me hooked all the way through and I was truly stressed out while reading. 
I'm now ready for the tv-series to drop and I'm really excited to see all the characters come to life!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Drug use, Kidnapping, Stalking, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, Animal death, and Child abuse

cielosiluminado's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

ok so look. i hated it but loved it. i get the mixed feelings because i felt them all too. that is why it’s going to be a 5-star for me.

there was a good chunk of the book where i thought pip – and me lowkey – were hallucinating because it threw me off that much. a plot twist!? but at the same time, it kinda made sense storywise.

all in all, my biggest takeaway from this series is FUCK 12!

oh, and their non-ending ending wrecked me.

ms. jackson, i am kindly asking for an extended epilogue, please and thank you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Torture

Minor: Vomit

margaretwaltemath09's review against another edition

mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, Death, Alcohol, and Child death

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, Sexism, Rape, and Physical abuse

mollyreads16's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

can’t forgive Holly Jackson for chapter 44

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

ellavlind's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

Nog den bästa boken jag läst

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug use, and Violence

cicireadsinthedark's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

cemcarr's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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? Yes

2.0

Pip! This book felt like a different person entirely. She was frustrating, unrealistic, and thought she was untouchable. The “mystery” was short, and very obvious. Not at all what I had hoped for for the series finale. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Kidnapping, Addiction, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Stalking, and Blood