2.69k reviews for:

Not Quite Dead Yet

Holly Jackson

4.24 AVERAGE

elizaaah145's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dutch_tulip_man's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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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Really good story! So unique, engaging and thrilling! Love the twists and secrets revealed! One note: the reason why this doesn’t have a higher rating is because there is a lot of swearing!

reg0711's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

jujuvansunshine's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the_procrastinating_bookworm's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

v_nerdbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

nickybeereads's review against another edition

3.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was…. fine? My first book by this author and it took a while to feel engrossed in the story. Doesn’t help that I didn’t find the FMC very likeable for a lot of the book but once the story really got moving I found it quite enjoyable and easy to read. The ending ruined it for me though…it felt like a cheap trick and left me feeling more irritated than anything else. Personally it felt like a missed opportunity where instead of reader satisfaction, the author has tried too hard to go for shock value and it’s come off as insincere and pretentious. It left me feeling somewhat disrespected as the reader because the payoff was just not worth the time investment for me. While I’m annoyed,  I haven’t reduced my star rating because the writing and premise was quite enjoyable up to that point and others may like that sort of thing. 

uponthesea's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Messier than usual, a difficult main character and while she's supposed to be 27 and this book is supposed to be for adults, this still reads like YA.

hazelsea's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Another great HoJax book, but I did guess the killer quite early. I wanted a little more character development from the mum, Dad and Sophia but recognise it might have bloated the book too much. Still a great story and original premise done very very well 

meadowraven's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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holly jackson sure loves a fucked up family dynamic