Reviews tagging 'Torture'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

125 reviews

isitcertain's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, Stalking, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Vomit

callidoralblack's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Confinement, Drug use, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Grief and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape, Stalking, Animal death, and Vomit

mazeeee's review against another edition

2.0

An absolute character assassination of one of my favorite MCs. Wish I hadn’t read this last book and stopped at GGBB. Yeah. This was not it Queen Holly. 

Also

after the Andie email reveal about someone in the house with her being DT, how did Pip immediately not go to Jason. Like actually. Let’s think about how intuitive and efficient Pip was with clues/evidence in the first two books…i get that she had a lot going on in this book if you know what I mean but ffs girl. you’re THE murder girl. Still love this series and author. Just disappointed with this read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Blood, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Confinement

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious 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

3.5

While Pip isn’t as naive as she was two books ago, there is still just a lot in this novel that represents a more juvenile perspective on life and that makes the story unrealistic. I love the romance and family elements that were included in this latest installment. I’m surprised, in a way, about Pip’s actions and her acceptance of them but lean towards believe that she did what was best. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, and Vomit

bekiethebanished's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Vomit, Physical abuse, Confinement, Murder, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Violence, Dysphoria, Cursing, Blood, and Addiction

maddison20'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Stalking, Addiction, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Violence, Drug use, Gore, Confinement, Cursing, Murder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Misogyny, Stalking, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Blood, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, and Confinement

its_katelyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

Pippa definitely did change quite a bit throughout this book.

*Kind of a

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The first book was called a Good Girl's Guide to Murder....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Gore, Stalking, Torture, Murder, Rape, Blood, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Cursing, Blood, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

erapollo's review against another edition

hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was intense! I could not put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, and Murder

ericius's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.75

WTF, the second half of this book was just..wrong, should have ended differently, but still, the writing is good and there are themes very difficult like PTSD that are treated right

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Gaslighting, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

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

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