A review by sunny_not
As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Why is this book even classified as Y/A when it's too heavy and too dark.
She literally covers up a murder by dr*gging someone and putting their DNA all over the place. Obviously we want the bad guys to get what they deserve but I don't know if this was the way to go about it.  Her not running away made sense since he was a big threat and could catch her as she was running away and I understand that Max is also a big threat to all young women but the way she went about this was a bit insane in my opinion. There were so many things that could've gone wrong and that should've gone wrong. I don't buy that she and Ravi were able to clean all her DNA at all.  I like that Max is in jail for his murder but it wasn't believable in my opinion.
Overall an interesting ending although feels a bit poorly planned. Feels like many things were added later on just for the sake of the surprise element. 
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