Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

71 reviews

teddy_books's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Addiction

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexism, Cursing, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty

carissa_93's review

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Torture, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Sexual violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

bbmckibben's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

I didn’t find this story as good as it’s predecessors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ansuya's review

adventurous dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit

jadeilona_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Car accident, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

aryaharikrishna's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

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

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

jachnax's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

Overall i did enjoy the book but i found the plot and the ending were kinda off at a few times and i dont know if i liked the way Pip changed so much in a very dark direction. I loved her so much but now im a bit indifferent about it. She is definitly very traumatised and she deserved better.

I found it was quite predictable that Jason Bell was the DT killer. In the books before i already had some unlikings about who it was it just didnt 100% work for me but i was atleast surprised. I found this one a bit predictable. I did like the different direction this book took afterwards but i really did not like the ending and didnt really understsnd why it was so necessary to vover everything up and then her cutting herself completly off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape and Suicidal thoughts