Review by sunny_not - As Good As Dead

sunny_not 's review for:

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

3.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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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