Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

55 reviews

vikiskiwis's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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made me cry so thanks for that holly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Abandonment

Minor: Suicide, Blood, Fire/Fire injury

andriacolette's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The premise was interesting and the plot was strong. The weirdest thing about this book was that the structure was great but the actual writing was flat. I also wished there had been clues about the ending rather than it coming out left field at the end... There was no "oh how could I have missed that" feeling when it's a completely new concept at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

angelxread's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The only reason it's 4 stars is because of how it was fairly easy to guess the different leads. The minute a problem came up I solved it

Sophia was an absolute idiot. Poisoning your step-father in law just sp hes retire is so dumb. Be couldve died.

That family had so many swcrets it was crazy. A cheating wife, a daughter-in-law poisoning her father-in-law, a brother being from an affair, like thats worse than MY family drama

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol

kaseybereading's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

ngaston's review against another edition

2.0

inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Predictable and slow it takes her 3 chapters to figure out what we figured out. It seems like Jet has the mind of a 13 year old “popular” girl, just very inconsiderate and selfish without caring who she hurts and has no sense of consequences. There’s a lot of plot holes and loose ends that aren’t tied up either.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

whosgina's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness

jachnax's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

maedsch's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury

fanboyriot's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious sad 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: Yes

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This book was absolutely wild.  The lies piled up the more the mystery was uncovered.  It was such a creative murder mystery, being solved by the victim was not something I’ve read before.  It was still incredibly sad though, even with Jet making jokes to lighten the mood.

Sophia is such an insufferable person.  Worst friend, wife, daughter-in-law, like dude, she was the worst.   Jet was so correct with the letter she wrote for her at the end.

Also it was so messed up for the chief of police to pull the main characters hair and press on their head… knowing she had a serious head injury… what was that? 

Read For

✓ Sarcastic Humor

✓ Childhood Friends

✓ Murder Investigation 

✓ Irredeemable Characters

✓ Family Secrets (so many)

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: n/a

Sad Level: 💧💧💧💧

Plot: 10/10

Pace: 9/10

Ending: 8/10 

Characters: 9/10

Enjoyability: 9/10

Writing Style: 8/10

Would I Recommend? Yes

Favorite Character: Billy

Favorite Quote: ❝ That final week, not quite long enough, not quite dead yet. But if it’s a frog to you, then it’s a frog to me too ❞

POV: First Person

Pages: 392

Format: Audiobook 

Language: English

Release Date: 22, July 2025

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Infidelity, Police brutality, Alcohol

rebekahbroadwaygirl's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Sobbed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail