Reviews tagging 'Child death'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

25 reviews

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

♡ Cold Case

♡ Feminine Rage

♡ How to Get Away with Murder

Wow, what a roller coaster this book was.  The most tense out of the series for sure.  I got through the first part then quickly worried how everything would come together by the end.  Which I’m super happy with how this ended.  Everything came full circle and it was so satisfying to read even if some parts were anxiety inducing.  Pip really slayed with her last case (pun may or may not be intended).

And yes, this book also has stunning formatting with all the extra details in the design of the book.  I absolutely loved this series and highly recommend it.

Spice Level: n/a

POV: First Person

Release Date: 28, September 2021

Rep: BIPOC (Main and Side Characters)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Violence, Murder, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Stalking, Gore, Addiction, Death, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Animal death, and Mental illness

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Child death, Suicide, Vomit, and Physical abuse

maddiela's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child death, and Rape

ellarae0111's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

Amazing end to an amazing series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Suicide, Abandonment, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Rape, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Grief, Hate crime, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexism

cyndi1966's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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, Violence, Murder, Blood, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Child death, and Animal death

shadysunny's review against another edition

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

julierambaeck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Twisted!!!! The first part absolutely amazing and scary!!! Second part lost me a bit, but picked up by the end. Perfect full circle moment! Great ending to a trilogy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Stalking, Blood, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Animal death

Minor: Grief, Sexual assault, Child death, and Rape

maryam_reads246's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

My thoughts; 
This one was SO GOOD !! I finished it a month ago and the finale of agggtm is even better then the 1st and 2nd book 😭😭😭🩶 it completely devoured me in and that's when I realized I was binging it !! This book is a type that'll make you stay awake until you finish this one. Holly's writing definitely improved from " A Good girls guide to murder " to this one, and if i had to say... this one did gave me goosebumps. Legit!! The plot twist is not at all predictable and it was so well written!! I loved pips character development as well as Ravi's- Romance is probably described tiny miny in this book and again Holly never disappoints 🩶🩶 
Over all, I would definitely recommend this one A THOUSAND TIMES and  " A good girls guide to murder " to " Good girl bad blood " to " As good as dead " they were all so well written!! 
Would recommend ( read this series ) 
★★★★★ [ if I can, I would give it a thousand stars a thousand times. ] 
( legit obsessed with this book and Holly's writing ) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Child death, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

mishasbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Murder, Rape, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, and Mental illness

ambarnes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Addiction

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Child death

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship