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As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

5 reviews

jadeilona_'s review against another edition

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

rubyedwards's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.25

A deserving sequel. Although I didn't enjoy the second book as much,  I loved the first, and this one was just as good (if not, better). Covers dark, graphic content- quite significantly more so than the first two. The plot was clever and thought through, the ending giving a sense of satisfaction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Stalking, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Death, Cursing, Blood, Animal death, and Addiction

davegrohlsgf_'s review against another edition

dark 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

this book broke me. i stayed up late at night to finish it, and i just feel empty. although, it's now one of my favourite books of all time.

"hey sarge, remember me?" was the thing that got me :'(

i would definitely recommend the whole trilogy though <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

cultbyproxy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

This book shot me in the heart and Holly Jackson pulled the trigger! The first half of As Good As Dead felt as close to your average mystery as you could get, with our honorary Sarge Pippa Fitz-Amobi absolutely spiralling and losing her shit. An almost The Woman In The Window atmosphere. 

But that all took a sharp turn. The second half made me cry, multiple times. It made me laugh, it made me hope. It made me questions right and wrong, and truth and justice. I was rooting for Team Pip and Ravi all the way and Holly Jackson made sure of it. Which made the last chapters even more gut wrenching. If Pip was a ticking time bomb then I was sitting right there with her, within the blast radius. Absolutely blown to smithereens. Every “Sarge”, “It’s me and you, trouble”, “I don’t want to lose you,” and “he was my best thing” completely shattered me. I wished to take away half their pain, to share in their fears and I did. Pip said, “If it was a choice between me and you, I choose you,” and I wholeheartedly choose them. Mariah Carey’s Always Be My Baby started playing as I read the last page and I sobbed for the entire song. 

The answer to the question, “Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears?” was found family. It was to love and to be loved and the things we do for that love. I wasn’t sure what direction this trilogy would go in after Good Girl, Bad Blood. It simply felt impossible for it to get any better, but it did. And it has solidified itself as one of my favourite books of all time. And my favourite series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Child death, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, and Rape

plantmomliv's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Rape

Moderate: Drug use and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pedophilia