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As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

47 reviews

ckjl123456's review

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? Yes

5.0

I was always on the edge of my seat. I wanted to hug Pip the whole time. I was so scared for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, and Vomit

This book actually made me scared for the main character. Just be careful out there people.

maryam_reads246's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

My thoughts; 
This one was SO GOOD !! I finished it a month ago and the finale of agggtm is even better then the 1st and 2nd book 😭😭😭🩶 it completely devoured me in and that's when I realized I was binging it !! This book is a type that'll make you stay awake until you finish this one. Holly's writing definitely improved from " A Good girls guide to murder " to this one, and if i had to say... this one did gave me goosebumps. Legit!! The plot twist is not at all predictable and it was so well written!! I loved pips character development as well as Ravi's- Romance is probably described tiny miny in this book and again Holly never disappoints 🩶🩶 
Over all, I would definitely recommend this one A THOUSAND TIMES and  " A good girls guide to murder " to " Good girl bad blood " to " As good as dead " they were all so well written!! 
Would recommend ( read this series ) 
★★★★★ [ if I can, I would give it a thousand stars a thousand times. ] 
( legit obsessed with this book and Holly's writing ) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Child death, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

hiraethtales's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

My fav book of the series, it jumped right up to my top favs.
This book was such a roller coaster of emotions. I even ended up crying in the middle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Addiction, Blood, Violence, Torture, Murder, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Stalking, Hate crime, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

cortanasreadingnook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

Hey, Sarge, remember me?

Holly Jackson really knows how to play with her readers’ emotions because I was completely on edge reading this final book! This is arguably much slower-paced than the first two books in the trilogy, but I blindly went into this that there is so much to unpack. Buried secrets of the past finally came into full circle and it was so incredibly thrilling to read. Hippo Pippo really took A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (quite literally), so the ending left me so freakishly dazed. It’s such a carefully constructed story that went against all ods with both the law (if you know, you know) and my sanity. This book had the perfect touch of creepy with bittersweet ending to Team Pip and Ravi. I never thought a murder mystery book would be so exhilarating but Holly served!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Murder, Blood, Animal death, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

mollymoo1234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Just omg omg omg , I could not put this book down ( I think  I need a fourth one )  but a definite must read and like the first two may be triggering for some but omg so good  🤭and also * slight  spoiler ( come back after you’ve read it ) “ Hey sarge remember me ?” *  
Your welcome 🤗  😉 
Enjoy xx 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Violence

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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? No

3.5

While Pip isn’t as naive as she was two books ago, there is still just a lot in this novel that represents a more juvenile perspective on life and that makes the story unrealistic. I love the romance and family elements that were included in this latest installment. I’m surprised, in a way, about Pip’s actions and her acceptance of them but lean towards believe that she did what was best. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, and Vomit

itsbumley'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexual violence

maaggi13e's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

i love these books so its no surprise i loved this one, there are a few cons i have for it (no charlie green type epilogue / lack of closure on a few things) but apart from that it was really just a good book, i can only hope there will be a fourth one despite knowing that is NOT going to happen but yeah if you wanna read it, go for it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Mental illness, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Racism, and Emotional abuse

ericius's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

1.75

WTF, the second half of this book was just..wrong, should have ended differently, but still, the writing is good and there are themes very difficult like PTSD that are treated right

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Gaslighting, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

not_stella's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Emotional abuse