2.79k reviews for:

Not Quite Dead Yet

Holly Jackson

4.23 AVERAGE

magicgirl83's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

alannaharrist's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jenniferpiozet's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

charharp8's review against another edition

5.0

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: Complicated

elephantscook's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This one suffers a bit from marketing whiplash. As a YA thriller, it’d be strong, but as an adult thriller? not so much. Jackson has a tendency to introduce recurring themes and then forget about them, only to bring them back with a sudden BAM before dropping them again. It makes the flow feel a little stop–start. The central mystery, the actual “scene of the book,” was interesting enough, and I didn’t dislike the story. But everything else around it just wasn’t gripping. Even though it’s a mystery, I wasn’t that fussed about solving it, and I found myself not rushing back to pick it up. Not bad, but not unputdownable either.

chelsey_bookishlife's review against another edition

2.0

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Not Quite Dead Yet was unfortunately a miss for me. I went in excited because the premise had so much potential, but it just didn’t deliver. I listened on Audible, which honestly made it worse—the narration made every character sound whiny and way too young for what was supposed to be an adult novel. The characters themselves felt immature, the plot was predictable, and overall it just didn’t hold my attention the way I hoped it would.

b_n_bellamy's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-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

epilieaspiechick's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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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My full review can be found on the Epilie Aspie Chick blog!

This book has so immaculately wrecked me emotionally in only a way that Holly Jackson can. How dare she get me so attached to a character and then give me that ending?!?! It is so messed up in a way that is going to stick with me (in a great way). 

styliani's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional tense

chaithra's review against another edition

4.0

emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes