Reviews tagging 'Death'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

734 reviews

caitlin17's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Blood, Murder

mar's review against another edition

4.0

dark 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

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i felt like there were more things i had to suspend my disbelief abt plot-wise in this book than the previous two, but overall. big fan of the fact that the author isn't afraid to try something different each book instead of following a straight 'murder mystery' premise, and that Pip is allowed to be deeply affected and changed by the events of the series; her character development feels like a realistic & compelling progression of her story. wild to go thru the reviews and see ppl complaining about how much she's changed or that she's acting "out of character" like girl she's Fucking Traumatized. ofc she's not her cheery book 1 self. hello

anyway. ravi singh boyfriend of the year award

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury

vikki_1999's review against another edition

4.5

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death

jessicaoreads67's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny 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

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I thought this was a really great end to the series, especially how it linked them all together. The author is so talented with how it was all done. I like how quick and easy it was to read and understand as I have struggled with thriller/crime type books like these in the past. The reason I rated it down was because I just didn’t like the side story of Pip taking the substances. And it was all a bit of a stretch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury

mina_ashido124396's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

ccassidy98's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

sunsetcity's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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WHAT???


I'm disapointed in this book, i knew immidiately who the killer is (not thanks to my geniusness but thanks to bad writing) and the other half of the book was only WHAT? WHYYYYYYYYYY

Pip would never ever do that and Ravi would never agree. Btw how come she has severe PTSD from second book but is almost completely unaffected by this second part???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

zips777's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was pretty good. 

I did know who DT was pretty early on, so the twist wasn’t much of a twist. 

I had completely forgotten the other two books before this - this is a book that would have benefitted from a recap at the beginning I think. 

The ending was good. And the bit where they had ti cover up the crime? Sooooo intense. 

The headphones bit didn’t really get me. And I did wonder if she was actually going to die when she got kidnapped. 

I don’t think any of the characters are actually likeable though. Pip is kinda annoying. 

Idk. It was ok. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

literary_han's review against another edition

3.25

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder

Moderate: Rape