Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

104 reviews

kiittycatt's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Stalking, Violence, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, and Alcoholism

shadysunny's review

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The last book of this series took some rather dark turns. But I loved it all the same. The characters have changed a lot from the first book, but between all the darkness, you could always catch glimpses of the "old ones".

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Gun violence, Rape, Stalking, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Vomit

hayleythegoose's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

SIX STARS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Gun violence, Blood, Stalking, Mental illness, Death, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Rape, Addiction, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Car accident

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

grace_reads13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Kidnapping, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual violence, Drug use, Grief, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

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

soniajoy98's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Cursing, Misogyny, Stalking, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Mental illness, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

gingerbooknerd3's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Death, Rape, Drug use, Stalking, Kidnapping, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, and Car accident

esztimeszti's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

the end-😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Addiction, Blood, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Drug use, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Violence

tinysierra's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

As Good As Dead felt a lot darker and more intense than the previous books. 

I don’t think it’s my favorite out of the trilogy, but I thought the ending was a decent conclusion.

The text message at the end…. Ahhhhhh. I think it was a clever way to end the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Drug use, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, Blood, and Sexual assault