Reviews tagging 'Blood'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

624 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

katariinatoivanen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping

owls_rainbow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

natalienicholas's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

mj_86's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, and Rape

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

kindbutclever's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

I was HOOKED to this book. It was not at all what I was expecting. Finished it in a week. Gave me back my love for reading and brought me out of my reading lump. You can’t put it down because you want to know what happens next. It’s so well written. It goes deep into characters psyche but also into the plot, and the plot details are so well thought. Love this book so much and I’m so sad I’m done with the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

ghostofthegallows's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

God I was in the edge of my seat the whole time it took me a week to finish cause I picked it up any chance I got to read it!!. It was so amazing can't recommend this book enough 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Car accident

sonjaelisee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Liked it as much as the first one but for different reasons. There is a very different vibe but I thought it made sense in the context of the trilogy. The ending was satisfying to me (even though I wanted more!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

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

capriqueen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Cannot believe how disappointed this left me

The start was really strong. The mystery was good, the stakes were high, and everything over the previous two books coming together was really good (although Pip’s repetition of how everything was “coming full circles got very annoying and heavy handed, like the author was both patting herself on the back and not trusting the readers to see it for themselves)

But then the last third/half took a serious nosedive. I absolutely hated the direction it took.

Pip choosing to frame Max for Jason’s murder and all her actions after felt so stupid and pointless. I had next to no sympathy for her and Ravi after all that. Especially since evidence that Jason was DT came out in the end anyway, and her whole worry was that nobody would believe her. Just all felt worthless

The stakes and tension remained high, and had my heart pounding at times because I really didn’t know how it was going to end, but I just didn’t really care because I was so mad at the characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder