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As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

51 reviews

itsbumley's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexual violence

maaggi13e's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

i love these books so its no surprise i loved this one, there are a few cons i have for it (no charlie green type epilogue / lack of closure on a few things) but apart from that it was really just a good book, i can only hope there will be a fourth one despite knowing that is NOT going to happen but yeah if you wanna read it, go for it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Mental illness, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Racism, and Emotional abuse

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

not_stella's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Emotional abuse

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

I liked the start of the book where we got to see the real world trauma of someone who experienced a true crime, that was really refreshing and I liked the full circle thing but otherwise I hated this, it was so slow, repetitive, and boring, and I only continued because I wanted to finish the series 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

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

josxphinchen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Vomit, Violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Murder

ephemeralzen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

omg.
i have no words that was
oh my god
‘hey sarge remember me?’
SCREAMING CRYING SOBBING
THAT WAS INSANE.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Misogyny, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, Addiction, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Violence

gothmiku's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I’m scared of Holly Jackson’s search history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Animal death, and Cancer

itzbrianna's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

As Good As Dead definitely brings a whole new meaning to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. 

In the third and final installment, Pip faces her own struggle with morality on what is right and what is wrong. Pip is naturally depressed, and suffering from PTSD as she went through very traumatic events in the last two installments. In fact, if she wasn't showing signs of extreme trauma I wouldn't have believed she went through the things she did. 

Holly Jackson has once again created a story that takes a left when you think it's going right. There was no shortage of shocking discoveries and "oh my gods" throughout my read. However, this was the least impressive installment to me for many reasons. One is that I believe the story went on longer than it needed to. It seemed like neither the editor nor the author could decide on what ending to pick so they decided to merge everything together. 

Another reason this final installment of the series didn't do it for me was because of the ending. Pip has had a lot of character development throughout this trilogy whether or not people will agree that the development only highlighted shortcomings? Eh, I'm not sure. But Pip seems to make the same mistakes regardless of the path she takes. Without giving any spoilers away that is all I will say. 

Though there was a lot of filler in this book, it managed to keep me engaged for the first part. By Part two I was wondering why anyone felt the need to keep going or extend the inevitable. Overall, I enjoyed the series as a whole. This book was a great full circle. Perhaps if I read this again, I will have a new appreciation for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Stalking and Drug abuse

Minor: Gaslighting and Addiction