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As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

735 reviews

brennapatt's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Yes

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khloereads86's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

Ahh I want more! The ending felt so abrupt I wish we got a little more after that. That last little bit was heartbreaking for Pip & everyone she loved.
I was hooked the first half of the book trying to figure out who it was. I really enjoyed the stalker part of it even though it was frustrating to see Pip not take her safety that seriously and keep going out alone.

I did notice a few main hints early on, like the necklace and the hairbrush and when Jason was standing at the door watching when she got the (second?) call, but I wasn’t 100% sure if it was him or Hawkins for a while.

The second half of the book I’m not so sure about. I definitely didn’t enjoy it as much as the first half or the previous books.

I really wasn’t expecting the killer to take her so early on, and for her to end up killing him instead seemed really out of character for Pip. It was made very clear too that it wasn’t totally in self defense, she made a conscious decision to go back and kill him instead of getting free and providing the police all the evidence of what had happened. I understand her mistrust of the justice system somewhat but if she had given them everything she’d found on the DT killer and they had found the evidence at his house (trophies) and in his car especially, they would have had to arrest him. They figured out he was the killer and a rapist at the end of the book anyways. It was really interesting to see her work through the steps and come up with ideas to get her and anyone she involved out of trouble, but I didn’t like that she brought her friends into that situation either. It was something she decided to do, and she brought them into danger directly by involving them in the coverup even if they had ‘plausible deniability’ technically. They obviously all knew she’d killed him and even before that that she’d committed a serious crime, and she put them at risk anyways to save herself instead of doing everything she could to fix it herself (usually to her own self-detriment) like she would have in previous books to protect them.

I also really liked that Pip’s ptsd was somewhat addressed, although I really don’t understand how her parents thought she would be okay enough to stop talking to a therapist after such a short amount of time considering what she’d been through.

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criticalbooks's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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elthechameleon's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don’t buy that Pip didn’t immediately guess that Jason Bell was the DT killer, but the rest of this book made sense.

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I’m in shock after this book. I felt very ambivalent and was screaming for a 4th installation until the last 30 seconds. I hope Holly Jackson turns this into an even longer running series. I think she could have. This character is interesting and hard, and the full circle narratives and the continuous pointing to patriarchy as the root of problems is really poignant.

I didn’t see this plot coming at all, and that’s why I’m both angry and impressed. This is not a satisfying book, but it deliberately takes a plot path that is harder and less explored. It dives headfirst into the gray zone with a traumatized Pip, and I found every minute of it well planned.

I’m so sad to say goodbye to the people of Fairview. And the audio narrator, who has given one of the best performances I’ve listened to this year in this series.

Definitely will read anything else Jackson puts out.

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bookish_kori's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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redroseses's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

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abi_ineedtoreadmore's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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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redsea's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

all i have to say is… wow
this book has me shaking, crying, laughing and had my heart absolutely racing. honestly idk how i’m gonna sleep, it’s literally 3 am xx
ok first off MY GIRL PIP DESERVES THE ABSOLUTE WORLD she’s so badass and smart. i adore her with my whole heart and i just want to see her happy!!!! i just hope her ptsd is better and that she’s getting help, i need her to be okay. holly jackson pls give a novella sequel abt ravi and pip and pip being happy bae that’s all i ask xx
ravi angel boy, sweetest best book bf ever. his jokes 🥺 the way he’s to anything for pip. HE WAITED. HE SAVED PIP IN THE STOREHOUSE. i cannot, incredible book couple
hey sarge, do you remember me?
i think i’m gonna combust. idk if a line has ever had that much impact on me. I WANT TO SEE RAVI AND PIP HAPPY GODDAMNIT
team ravi and pip. they got away with murder.
FUCKING JASON BELL FUCKING HATED HIM FROM THE START. CUNT. DESERVED WHAT HE GOT. he killed barney too wtf
the whole kidnapping thing made me sick like my heart was beating so hard. the pigeons and chalk and speakers too like i was terrified.
i feel so bad for andie, the fact she knew her dad was looking at her like that. so disgusting i just can’t. i want to see the convo between becca and pip
but pip is so smart, i’m so glad she got away w it. obviously it’s fiction so liberties but i’m happy either way because the OTHER CUNT MAX HASTINGS IS ROTTING IN PRISON AS THE MF SHOULD
DI hawking a needs to take his fat face away from here because where was he for the true justice of SAL? of andie? but when it’s two white men rapists he wants to see the truth. disgusting
i just wanna see more of the DT stuff like what happened to daniel? I JUST WANTED MORE 😭 the book is 500 pages and i want more lmao
i want a reunion scene w pip, ravi, josh and the fam, cara, naomi, nat, jamie, connor and becca 😭😭😭 give it to me holly jackson pls
fuck ant and lauren too, wish we saw zach tho
the plot is insanely good. so so so so good. idk if i like book 1 or this one more cos book 1 was more cohesive but this book had a lot of feels. if i had to choose, it would be book 1 but i still adore this. i immediately want to reread the series tho for the clues. every plot line was so cleverly tied up, it’s incredible
the moral questions were extremely interesting. i had the same charlie, stanley debate pip had in my own head. life is grey areas and that’s why this series is so special
free my girl pip for jason and max, she did nothing wrong! honestly tho it was self defence and the police and justice system have routinely shown their corruption so, all the power to pip. max was literally found not guilty for rape like wtf?
incredible book. idk if i like agggtm or soc more, maybe both
all i want is a novella pls pls pls 😭😭😭
hey sarge, remember me?
SOBBING

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saoreads's review against another edition

5.0

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: Complicated

It's going back full circle. That in itself was the part that got me thinking how the plot was moving to lurk back into the beginning to end this misery. This got me through a dreadful experience that was very traumatizing. As a matter of fact, the incident took up a lot of chapters due to its detailed account of how the characters pulled through to come to a decision that was air-tight with a solid alibi. I didn't know what to expect after, but the end brought me both tears of joy and agony, though the former was overpowering.

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nymeria_reads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

One of the best books I've ever read

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