A review by elizad22
As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

5.0

This book was absolutely BONKERS. to escalate so quick that our main character was fighting for her life FIFTY PERCENT IN AND THEN THE WHOLE REST OF THE BOOK WAS JUST AS FAST PACED AND ANXIETY RIDDEN. I was so nervous at every chapter that something would go wrong, someone wouldn’t follow through with their plan, something would happen some how!!!! And god I hate detective Hawkins!!! I loved how it was less about figuring out who the DT killer was, and more about Pip and her journey. I wish the ending didn’t wrap up as it did bc I feel like it was a little too dramatic, but it makes sense. It makes me hurt that Pips family will never know what she went through and why she is so broken and that she has to carry that burden on her own. The plot driven, thoughtfulness of this book was just