Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

123 reviews

dkamada's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

TW PTSD

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

spazzcats's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

jadeandherbunny's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.25

I am pretty much traumatized by this book series, but in all the good ways.
I just need a novela for what has become of "Rip" (Ravi x pip 💀). Also, I need a welfare check on that girl. If I had lived half of her traumas I would be likely in the coffin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

uwishuwouldknowthat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

First of all, what a great way to end the series! 
I really liked Pip's development

into a spiraling, traumatised character.

At times I couldn't predict her next move. When she

killed DT

I was shocked. At the same time, I've never been more scared for her. That

abduction

was so nerve racking. All the suspense and plotwist were done so well.

 My only critic is the following: I thought

Jason Bell being the DT Killer

was very predictable especially after 

Andie's 'last words' e-mail.

I also really didn't like the last two chapters and the time skip. It just created unnessecary tension, we didn't need. It would be better, if the readers would have some more time to breathe. It was clear that

Ravi would get in touch with Pip

again. 

However, the crime aspects (e.g.

the abduction, the almost-murder and the real murder. As well as the cover up, ESPECIALLY the cover up

were done so well that the two cons don't weigh that much to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Gun violence and Rape

gerardthefrog420's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This book simultaneously scared the shit out of me and was so amazing that I couldn’t put it down. I looooooved the darker edge this book has compared to the other books in this series. Again it’s not super realistic but I do not care. At all. Didn’t love the ending but the rest of the book more than enough made up for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Sexual harassment

readinabyss's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

3.75 

Somehow, I picked up the 3rd book 3 years after reading the first two, i didn't plan on reading this and had heard mixed reviews about the ending.

and it was unhinged and messy but in ways i mostly ended up liking

Before reading this book, when i briefly glanced at reviews i thought the book was going to kill a major character like Ravi, that did not happen (thankfully) but many other things did. 

The mystery lasts almost half of the book and is a very predictable one with Jason Bell being the DTKiller, but then it turns into a very different book, about covering up a murder (very detailed) and the psychological toll it takes on Pip and her friends, and even before her PTSD plays a major role in how her character changes, not always enjoyable but interesting nonetheless. I both hated and loved the ending. There was no way the ending would have a nice little bow tying everything together so it decided to be messy and I respect that, if we see the trajectory of the series this is where it was heading to, I understand Pip's decision regarding both Jason and Max, both are monsters. Did i wish Pip didn't have to break off people specially that scene with Ravi, yes, I am ok with every other decision Pip takes but that last one though understandable breaks your heart. Also glad it didn't end up with Ravi getting blamed for the murder, it would just ruin everything if the brown guy had to take any blame.. just no

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

lamard's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

bookishly_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

alexisthecozyreader's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I was not sure if Pip needed a final case going into this. All I knew was that she needed therapy. But this took me for a wild ride that was the perfect way to close out this trilogy. With it being the longest book in the series I can confidently say that every page is worth it. The little tidbits and nods to true crime and forensics were all accurate which I loved. And I won’t spoil anything but OH MY GOD the second half of this book! I 100% support Pip in her decision, but her attention to detail was a tad irksome to me. As an overthinker I get it. On the other hand, the perfect crime does not require 100% perfection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, and Stalking

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

emilyacv's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A dark conclusion to the trilogy… very “how to get away with murder”-esque. I think this one is my favourite of the three, definitely it was darker, more mature than the other two. We got to see a different side of the main character, Pip, that I wasn’t expecting. I also loved that there were tons of callbacks to the first two books, and we got to see strings tied up from the first book that I hadn’t even remember were undone. It’s giving reverse Nancy Drew, in a way. Overall, I enjoyed the trilogy - not a must read, and I think I would have enjoyed it more when I was in early high school and more of the target demo, but I got through all 3 of them pretty quickly so clearly I still enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault