Reviews tagging 'Death'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

735 reviews

nicoleoc1901's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Torture

luxintenebris's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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

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unpredictable in a way, the ending crushed me and i honestly thought the book was going to end a completely different way before i was even half-way through it. read it in just over a day, love these fast-paced mystery books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Rape

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault

tala19168's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder

alex3099's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol

camoo3032's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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This series started off as a really interesting murder mystery but over the course of the series it's focus turns to trauma, how it affects you and what it feels like. Holly Jackson's description of PTSD is incredibly well done. All of the characters feel really rich no matter how small they are. It's a fantastic series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Car accident

sherlene_06's review against another edition

4.75

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: Complicated

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This book was just crazy. Especially the second half of the book. The AGGGTM title fits perfectly to the storyline and honestly it was such a rollercoaster. I can't believe the ending though, that hurt a lot, but it was such an amazing story. This is definitely my favourite book in the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

sprinkledwithwords's review against another edition

5.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Vomit

m4rtt4's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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What the hell. What the fuck. What on earth did I just read??
I really dislike the plot twist and the ending overall, but despite that I oddly find myself liking the book. I'd like to hate it, but I can't remember any books having ever made me as anxious as this one, and I mean that as a compliment. What a ride, what a page-turner. There definitely was some character development, just in the wrong direction... I usually like moral ambiguity, but this book should have stuck to its predecessors. The second half of the book was not what I wanted at all, nor do I consider it a suitable ending to the series, but THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE TRILOGIES AFTER ALL AND THE WRITING WAS ADDICTING IN THIS ONE AS WELL. One star reduced for the awful choices, but the rest still deserves the full four.

Also I don't give nor have I ever given a shit about Pip and Ravi's relationship.

the murder would have been a great plot twist if Pip hadn't cared about justice and "being right" all the time. I totally understand her mental health issues and everything she's gone through, but GOD DAMN WAS IT ANNOYING THAT SHE KEPT BLAMING MAX AFTER DOING WORSE CRIMES HERSELF. The framing would have been okay as well had she not done it because "Max deserves to go to jail after all his crimes" well what do you deserve then hun xx

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

lilliansbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i am on the verge of a mental breakdown after finishing this but oh my god if it wasn’t worth it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder