Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

163 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This had me going up and down with my ratings. First and foremost I always suspected Pip had OCD but now I’m SURE of it. She needed help even before she was traumatized 🫠 Follow her on a journey where she has become completely disenchanted with the judicial system. I can’t say I’m a fan of the ending but it did make sense 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Rape

ccrowley18's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.25

Holy shit this is such a good series. Potential spoilers - trying to keep it as spoiler free as possible while gently brushing over what happens in the first 2 books.

Pippa Fitz-Amobi is crumbling, she’s been through too much trauma and it’s overtaking her. She’s found out the truth about Andie Bell’s murder, she has uncovered the mystery behind the disappearance of Jamie Reynolds, and she has witnessed a murder. Pip has blood on her hands and a gun in her heart. She’s not herself, she feels a completely different person to that happy-go-lucky girl she was before she started the Andie Bell case. Not only that, she’s now got a stalker who’s threatening to kill her. Pip’s struggles can only be saved by one person. One last case, save herself to save herself.

Holly Jackson has written an amazing YA thriller series. While I guessed the plot twist of who the stalker was but had NO IDEA WHERE IT WAS GOING IN PART 2! Awesome. Such a fast-paced and wickedly twisted thrill-ride of emotions and chaos. Each book is so interconnected and it all comes down to this final one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Animal death

jessw17's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kaylaannsreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

strugglecity's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Stalking

caidyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Holy. Shit. I couldn't expect this conclusion at all. And I hate that I put off reading it for so long! There were so many times I shouted out loud because I was shocked with how the book went. Absolutely spectacular.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

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

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I have to say, Jackson really knows how to write tense scenes. The stalking portion was genuinely scary. The second part was pretty far-fetched, but I enjoyed it overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

linnea1801'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is the best book of the trilogy!

You can finally see the effects that all this murder and investigating has on Pip’s mental health. It makes sense that she reacts to everything so differently from the first book, as she’s lost her faith in the police.

It’s also way more entertaining than the rest of the series. The other books had one structure: the first part consisting of investigation leading to an interesting climax. However both beginnings were very slow and not very interesting. This Book doesn’t suffer from this issue. Right from the start the stakes are high and the story is interesting. The entire book had me captivated from the beginning and never lost my interest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

guessgreenleaf'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail