Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

241 reviews

leof555's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Sexual assault, and Drug use

amber_bookworm's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

This was an incredible way to finish the trilogy. I legitimately could not put this down. The only thing stopping this from getting 5* is my slight disbelief at a plot point at the beginning of part 2. So well written, and I loved reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

mollymcmuffin's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Drug abuse

heyjaneysmith's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this trilogy but I found the choices the main character makes a little frustrating and unrealistic at times. Girl I know you have reasons not to trust the police but like if you are for sure being tracked by a serial killer you gotta ask for protection even for your family's safety. I felt the ending was a bit rushed and sad but I do think it was satisfying overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Blood, Animal death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Body horror, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Addiction

rainbowsandbookshelves's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.75

Unfortunately I did not enjoy this one as much as the first two books.
The first half was excellent but it went somewhere I wasn't expecting in the second half and I didn't like that. The first half dealt with Pip's PTSD quite well and I was intrigued by the new case, although I figured it out quite quickly. However, I really struggled to get through second half of the book, and I was completely taken out of the story and characters. My enjoyment was gone and I just wanted it to be finished.

I still really recommend AGGGTM but wish I'd known about the controversial ending for AGAD before I started - I'm not sure I'd have picked up the trilogy though which is a shame as I loved the first two books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

may_s's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

CANNOT BELIEVE THIS BOOK WANT IT ERASED FROM MY MEMORY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, and Rape

jackyy93's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

listened to the saddest playlist possible while reading this, and CRIED SO MUCH. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Sexual assault and Stalking

jmmerc1's review

5.0

I thought this was a great end to the A Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy! I know a lot of people were not a big fan of this third book, but it was crazy to see how full circle this story was and have the author weave in all this different connections. Surprisingly this last book was my favorite out of the three! 

I don’t really see these books as YA- at least not for the younger age range. There are a lot of heavy topics. It kind of reminds me of gossip girl and euphoria where the characters are teens but are dealing with very adult topics and situations.

TW: sexual assault, drug abuse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Drug abuse

ihavecoolhats6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

RAVI TEXTED HER AS SOON AS MAX HAD BEEN FOUND GUILTY AGHHHHHH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Blood, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Emotional abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Vomit and Sexual assault

izzyyyc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault