Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

As Good As Dead Collector's Edition by Holly Jackson

352 reviews

jachnax'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: Complicated

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Overall i did enjoy the book but i found the plot and the ending were kinda off at a few times and i dont know if i liked the way Pip changed so much in a very dark direction. I loved her so much but now im a bit indifferent about it. She is definitly very traumatised and she deserved better.

I found it was quite predictable that Jason Bell was the DT killer. In the books before i already had some unlikings about who it was it just didnt 100% work for me but i was atleast surprised. I found this one a bit predictable. I did like the different direction this book took afterwards but i really did not like the ending and didnt really understsnd why it was so necessary to vover everything up and then her cutting herself completly off.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts

gingerbooknerd3's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark 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: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol

lucylouise7's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

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, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Rape, Vomit

theil_ma's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Vomit

tinysierra's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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As Good As Dead felt a lot darker and more intense than the previous books. 

I don’t think it’s my favorite out of the trilogy, but I thought the ending was a decent conclusion.

The text message at the end…. Ahhhhhh. I think it was a clever way to end the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit

emilylovesgoodbooks's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape

arthie's review against another edition

5.0

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

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

vigilante_sh's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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pretty slow at the start but really enjoyed end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

lozzo_bozo's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional informative 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: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail