Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

46 reviews

paulaks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

Woah what an ending! I was very attached to this series and a bit overwhelmed with this finale.. This book consists of two "unofficial" halfs. In the first half Pip deals with herself and what happened in the past

which includes her having panic attacks, being dependent on drugs for her sleep and being  a traumatized teenager.

. This part was very realistic but also very hard to get through. Pip tries to deal with everything by herself and shuts down her honest relationships.

Half way through, this whole coin flips and the pacing starts picking up. I really can´t tell you what´s about to happen but it´s intense and quite disturbing. We still get the most lovely interactions between Ravi and Pip which melts my heart just thinking about it. I really liked the topics that were indirectly questioned like morality and justice.

I´ll keep it short: I was really suprised by the twists, turns and details, maybe it was a little bit crazy but I guess that´s the vibe. Didn´t loved reading the beginning because of the topics which made it hard to get into the book but overall enjoyed it!
Check content warnings! (I tried to list some)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Stalking, Death, Addiction, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Deadnaming, and Rape

jessw17's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, Cursing, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

sunniva174's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Rape, Death of parent, Addiction, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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: Mental illness, Stalking, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Rape

violetbentbackwards1036'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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

xbrooke_h23x's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

Absolutely adore this book, it’s so intense and there is so many amazing plot twists, love seeing Pip and Ravi develop, I know Holly won’t but I need more to the ending, Holly’s writing is beautiful and I hope she keeps writing more totally worth the time! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Child death, and Sexual assault

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Stalking, Gore, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Violence, Blood, and Addiction

calamitywindpetal's review

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Stalking, Murder, Misogyny, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Blood

Minor: Confinement and Sexual assault

rubyedwards's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

A deserving sequel. Although I didn't enjoy the second book as much,  I loved the first, and this one was just as good (if not, better). Covers dark, graphic content- quite significantly more so than the first two. The plot was clever and thought through, the ending giving a sense of satisfaction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Stalking, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Death, Cursing, Blood, Animal death, and Addiction

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? Yes

5.0

I love this more than anything else
I am but a shell of person now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Addiction, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Confinement, Blood, Mental illness, Sexism, Vomit, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence