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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Honestly, I feel like I need to tick all the escriptive emotions up there.
This book is a rollercoaster that takes you in a wild ride.
The main plot point of "Character solves her own murder" is intriguing and works surprisingly well.
Would definitely recommend this book.
This book is a rollercoaster that takes you in a wild ride.
The main plot point of "Character solves her own murder" is intriguing and works surprisingly well.
Would definitely recommend this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, Medical trauma
Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Suicide
The emotional roller coaster this book took me on is unreal. My heart is not okay.
First adult book from this author and yet it wasn’t, if you’d said it’s a YA book I’d believe you. The central characters are way too young in their outlook, speech, and action. The plot was pedestrian, I won’t be reading another one
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Misophonia: a condition where specific sounds trigger strong negative emotions, is often triggered by repetitive, human-generated sounds
I've said it many times - a narrator can make or break a story. And this one was irrevocably broken by the horrible narration. This narrator triggered all my misophonia cues. I have to wonder - did the author even listen to the audio? I really, REALLY tried to finish because it was an interesting concept and I wanted to find out whodunnit, but a little more than halfway through, I gave up.
I've said it many times - a narrator can make or break a story. And this one was irrevocably broken by the horrible narration. This narrator triggered all my misophonia cues. I have to wonder - did the author even listen to the audio? I really, REALLY tried to finish because it was an interesting concept and I wanted to find out whodunnit, but a little more than halfway through, I gave up.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Holy shit… Ik heb dit boek van begin tot eind bijna niet weg kunnen leggen. Wat een intens verhaal. Het einde voelt voor mij nog niet helemaal gerechtvaardig, anders was het 100% 5 sterren.
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
sad
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:
No
Holly Jackson you really couldn’t resist making us readers endure the emotional rollercoaster you put us through 🤦🏻♀️. Not Quite Dead Yet has been yet again a thrilling and gripping book that’s bound to get you teary eyed.
My girl Jet Mason 🫶🏼
Always living in the shadow of Emily’s death and starting things she could never finish. Not even solving her own murder. But the difference this time is she REALLY wanted to, to serve herself the justice of feeling accomplished just for once in her life. I’d have to say Jet’s humour is one of my favourite things about her, lifting the darkness of her life with a dark joke around others which acts as a defence mechanism but I think the humour was how she wanted people to remember her. To show that death wouldn’t get to change her fully, not that she wasn’t scared because we know she would only let the closest people like Billy see her crumble to her most vulnerable state.
Even when she was deteriorating with her vision then the loss of her right arm, she was determined no matter what. Especially in the fire and running from the police which really made me admire her strength because I would’ve gave up. But she wouldn’t give up because now she owed Billy. The boy who never gave up on her especially not during the last week of her life. Watching her realise she has feelings for “poor sweet Billy” was refreshing, especially in their intimate moments like star gazing or him singing Jet her song as well as hearing her voicemail and so many more. It was like she was allowing herself to feel one last good thing in all the bad that was happening, even in the end when all she wanted to look at was his eyes. In another life, Jet gets to be the accomplished girl she wants to be in New York with Billy and Reggie and she’d take them in her truck to go see all the stars she wanted. Jet Mason, the girl with the stars will always be remembered 🫶🏼.
Poor sweet Billy Finney, the definition of a man that yearns is a man that earns. Yet he never got to keep what he earned but he gets to keep his cherished memories of Jet. His and Jet’s dynamic is very similar to Pip and Ravi as well as a lot of parallels to the agggtm series. He was everything to Jet: the best partner in crime, the perfect sidekick, her protector, the one who knew her. It was obvious he was pining for her from the first page but his reaction to her initial accident and taking care of Reggie was so sweet. Singing his song he wrote for her and committing felonies with her as well as saving her from the burning building even when she told him to go. Because of course he wouldn’t go. And even in her final moments when she thought it was him, he really was going to let her believe it was him that murdered her just so she gets the closure she was desperate for in order to have a happy ending. Him promising to finish what she started, “for her” had me bawling. Jet’s will stating she leaves him the truck which is her prized possession that she only entrusted Billy with as well as in her letter telling him “it wasn’t in the stars for us but go find a new stars” had me hysterical because “right person not enough time” always gets me 💔. Luke and Billy teaming up at the end caught me off guard because Luke is so psychotic but him shooting Jake in the end makes him a bit justifiable, especially because Billy labels it as a brotherly act he did for Jet. Even if they weren’t really siblings, Luke was her big brother that did care somewhat in his sick twisted way even though he tried burning Jet in the building.
There’s so much I can say about this book that won’t fit in this review but Not Quite Dead Yet is a compelling and gripping read which I’m not surprised about if we’re talking about Holly’s standards. Holly will be paying for my therapy from the heartbreak and jump scares she gives me in each book but I will always recommend her books 🫶🏼
My girl Jet Mason 🫶🏼
Always living in the shadow of Emily’s death and starting things she could never finish. Not even solving her own murder. But the difference this time is she REALLY wanted to, to serve herself the justice of feeling accomplished just for once in her life. I’d have to say Jet’s humour is one of my favourite things about her, lifting the darkness of her life with a dark joke around others which acts as a defence mechanism but I think the humour was how she wanted people to remember her. To show that death wouldn’t get to change her fully, not that she wasn’t scared because we know she would only let the closest people like Billy see her crumble to her most vulnerable state.
Even when she was deteriorating with her vision then the loss of her right arm, she was determined no matter what. Especially in the fire and running from the police which really made me admire her strength because I would’ve gave up. But she wouldn’t give up because now she owed Billy. The boy who never gave up on her especially not during the last week of her life. Watching her realise she has feelings for “poor sweet Billy” was refreshing, especially in their intimate moments like star gazing or him singing Jet her song as well as hearing her voicemail and so many more. It was like she was allowing herself to feel one last good thing in all the bad that was happening, even in the end when all she wanted to look at was his eyes. In another life, Jet gets to be the accomplished girl she wants to be in New York with Billy and Reggie and she’d take them in her truck to go see all the stars she wanted. Jet Mason, the girl with the stars will always be remembered 🫶🏼.
Poor sweet Billy Finney, the definition of a man that yearns is a man that earns. Yet he never got to keep what he earned but he gets to keep his cherished memories of Jet. His and Jet’s dynamic is very similar to Pip and Ravi as well as a lot of parallels to the agggtm series. He was everything to Jet: the best partner in crime, the perfect sidekick, her protector, the one who knew her. It was obvious he was pining for her from the first page but his reaction to her initial accident and taking care of Reggie was so sweet. Singing his song he wrote for her and committing felonies with her as well as saving her from the burning building even when she told him to go. Because of course he wouldn’t go. And even in her final moments when she thought it was him, he really was going to let her believe it was him that murdered her just so she gets the closure she was desperate for in order to have a happy ending. Him promising to finish what she started, “for her” had me bawling. Jet’s will stating she leaves him the truck which is her prized possession that she only entrusted Billy with as well as in her letter telling him “it wasn’t in the stars for us but go find a new stars” had me hysterical because “right person not enough time” always gets me 💔. Luke and Billy teaming up at the end caught me off guard because Luke is so psychotic but him shooting Jake in the end makes him a bit justifiable, especially because Billy labels it as a brotherly act he did for Jet. Even if they weren’t really siblings, Luke was her big brother that did care somewhat in his sick twisted way even though he tried burning Jet in the building.
There’s so much I can say about this book that won’t fit in this review but Not Quite Dead Yet is a compelling and gripping read which I’m not surprised about if we’re talking about Holly’s standards. Holly will be paying for my therapy from the heartbreak and jump scares she gives me in each book but I will always recommend her books 🫶🏼