Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

139 reviews

dawnilton's review

mysterious 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

4.5

OK so here's the thing. If I read this book isolated then the events in this book are amazing and so interesting to read. I would have loved this book. But since this book is part of the series and we know every single thing that Pip stands for. Everything that happens in Part 2 goes against the first two books.  I understand the direction Holly Jackson wanted to take with Pips character progression and her loss of innocence and her moral compass. I get it. It still doesn't feel right tho.

If Pip would've escaped and tried to fight her case without the help of the police then that would've been in line with the rest of the series. AND the character progression would have still worked.

I understood Pip's PTSD due to the the events in book 2. But I couldn't understand how she could turn to such unhealthy coping mechanisms. I was very hard to read and I considered dropping the book because this is not the Pip I knew. My question is did Pip just get over PTSD after everything that happened in Book 3? It really seems impossible considering that

she's all alone now AND she literally murdered someone.

But there's no mention of it... 

I could guess that

Jason was DT

waaayyy before the reveal. What I didn't expect was for Pip

to get captured.

My heart was racing throughout that entire section. I cannot believe that Pip and Ravi

came up with a whole plan to cover up the murder and to pin it on Max within 12 minutes. Thats insanity.

But Pip abandoning everyone who helped her at the end was didn't make any sense. Every one knows that Pip is so close with her friends and family. Seeing her suddenly distancing herself is actually more suspicious. 

I LOVED the full circle moments we had within this book. You can clearly see that Holly Jackson had thought of everything right from the beginning of book 1.

Andie's real motivation behind her actions, Jason's movements when Andie was killed, Pip using the phone trick when taking pictures at McDonalds, Pip making the same choice that Mr. Ward did

. Through these moments you can really see the dramatic shift in Pip's thinking.

So, rating this book is a bit complicated. If I think about this book isolated from the series then its easy 5 stars. But if I think about the first two books as well as this book. Then the rating drops for me - 3 stars. 
I get that Holly Jackson is trying to show the effects of PTSD on a person and how much it can change them. I get it. You can clearly see Pip's transformation throughout the series. So I get it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Stalking, and Drug abuse

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Animal death, Stalking, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Rape, Drug use, Confinement, Torture, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

laurenbaggy's review

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Confinement, Violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Vomit

paronomaniac's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence and Stalking

Minor: Animal death and Sexual assault

heartsallure's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

ugh … my least favourite out of the trilogy.

i liked part one of the book, was reminiscent of the first two, but part two was soooo long and dragged with unnecessary detail. if i’m being honest it aggravated me to the point where i wanted to skip til the end.

the ending is another thing in itself because how do we have soooo much waffle in part two and then end the book like that 😭 i get the idea but i think ending pip and ravi’s journey like that was not doing them justice at all

pipravi supremacy tho <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

bones_jackson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Gostei bastante, é muito empolgante e tem muita tensão e é extremamente rapido de ler. Não gostei muito do que a pip fez nos últimos 3 capítulos, mas a última página resolveu um pouquinho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Cursing, Physical abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, and Torture

Minor: Animal death and Sexual assault

aysha_blake's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Addiction, Medical content, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity

jackieyvette's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

I loved the first two books, but I think this one fell a little short for me. I think it could be the fact that Pip became a person I wasn't sure I liked anymore. Her decisions were so insane and just so unlike Pip. The story was good, the case was good, but there was something about the change in Pip that I couldn't seem to like. I understand her story and why it took the turn that it did, but that doesn't mean I had to like it. This book was way darker than the others had been as well which I actually did like. 
I still enjoy Ravi, Cara, Connor, Josh, Nat, Jamie and all the rest of the characters that surround Pip, but I don't think it was enough to save this book from dropping almost a whole star grade for me. 
Also, I am a person who actually really enjoys an open ending, but I actually didn't like this one. It makes sense, but yet again that doesn't mean I have to like it. 


Crying score: nope. 

I don't know if this counts as a spoiler or not so I'll just mark it as such. Pip should have died in this books. She should have been murdered by the DT Killer and then Part II should have been Ravi and her friends/family investigating her murder, but I guess that's just me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gore, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Stalking, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Confinement, Drug use, Blood, Torture, Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

ckjl123456's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I was always on the edge of my seat. I wanted to hug Pip the whole time. I was so scared for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, and Vomit

This book actually made me scared for the main character. Just be careful out there people.

crystal689's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Drug use, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury