Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

As Good As Dead Collector's Edition by Holly Jackson

352 reviews

itsmemiana's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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 have a lot of thoughts.

I saw a lot of reviews saying they didn't like who Pip had become in this book and I just wanna say that I would've done the same in her place. like, the EXACT same things.... idk what that says about me but I'm being honest lmao. like, I would've done exactly what she did, no difference (and what her friends and Ravi did for her too). FUCK [REDACTED] AND FUCK [REDACTED].

I liked the ending but I wished we'd gotten a LOT more in the epilogue because that part was definitely rushed and I feel like Pip and Ravi should've gotten a bigger more detailed epilogue. (I should've gotten that 😔). 

also, I would've definitely changed that one thing close to the ending. we all know what I'm talking about. it hurt for a little bit.

also, this book changed my WHOLE perspective on Andie Bell???? first I wasn't expecting her to be mentioned in this book, and DEFINITELY wasn't expecting to change my opinion on her...

I'm obviously in love with Ravi as I've said before.... who wouldn't??? like, the way he treats Pip.... I need a man to feel that way towards me.

my other thoughts are full of spoilers and I don't like posting spoilers so I won't post them on here.

anyways, I loved this trilogy and I will definitely be re-reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death, Vomit

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death

madflatt's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

sofias_reading_obsession's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Rape

Minor: Animal death

pvp_niki's review against another edition

4.5

dark 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Grief

diyaday's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Finished this in less than 24 hours. The most I’ve ever been immersed in a book. Would recommend to anybody.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Trafficking

violet03's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark 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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this book is by far my favourite of the series with agggtm being a very close second! the detail is incredible. there are many twists and turns however i was able to predict one of the main parts in it, which tbh made me find it even more enjoyable like i was solving the crime along with pip! over all i would 100% recommend this book!!! 
(PS, i read the english version of the book as opposed to the us version but it’s most likely the same)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Death

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

megliz's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional 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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"I suppose if you were ever involved in anything like this, you'd know exactly how to get it away with it."

There are good parts and bad parts of this book, so I'm really torn on how I feel about it. To start, the book was really slow. It took a really long time to get into the mystery. Then the mystery happened really quickly. After reading the first article about the DT killer, I immediately suspected who it was. Even though a possible red herring was thrown in, I was sure who it was. It was super obvious, which I don't like in a mystery novel.

After the big twist, I wasn't sure if I was okay with that choice. It really grew on me. The more the plan came together, the more I liked the plot. It really tied the whole series together.

I mean naming your first book, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and then ending the third book with the MC commiting murder, covering it up, and framing someone else, was genius.

I really loved how Andie Bell came back into this book and how you got to see the reasons behind her actions. I love what Ravi said about it, " She was brave. Remind me of you a little bit. The Singh brothers clearly have a type." 

The found family in this really surprised me. Pip always had really good friends, but Ravi, Jamie, Nat, Connor, Naomi, and Cara being ride or die type of friends was amazing. Shows that Pip's investigation hurt people, but also she had people who would look for her if she disappeared.

I'm not a huge fan of the ending

of Pip's choice of cutting off her family and friends to save them. It is understandable,

but it doesn't quite tie things up for me. I want to see a 5 years later. Does Pip put crime solving behind her or does she work in criminal justice? Does Pip become an investigative journalist? I kinda wanna know more of what happens after.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Vomit

sar_lion's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative 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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This book will stay with me for the rest of my life. In the best way possible. The twists and turns. These characters are some of the best I've read. The way all three of the books were woven together at the end was immaculate. And the ending killed me, also in the best way possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail

sammymilfort's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol