Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

236 reviews

annika_1205's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

heartsallure's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.5

ugh … my least favourite out of the trilogy.

i liked part one of the book, was reminiscent of the first two, but part two was soooo long and dragged with unnecessary detail. if i’m being honest it aggravated me to the point where i wanted to skip til the end.

the ending is another thing in itself because how do we have soooo much waffle in part two and then end the book like that 😭 i get the idea but i think ending pip and ravi’s journey like that was not doing them justice at all

pipravi supremacy tho <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

rei_ayanami30's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Blood, Torture, Stalking, Murder, and Kidnapping

galathynius1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death and Panic attacks/disorders

katben2232's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Car accident

inez_benedicte's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Blood and Sexual assault

mreads29's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

The end is a emotional rollercoaster. I really loved the book but it was also the book where I felt the most removed from Pip as a Character ❗️Spoiler; ❗️


I think it was because of her drug use 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Death, and Drug use

aysha_blake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Addiction, Medical content, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity

jackietanori's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

I loved the first two books, but I think this one fell a little short for me. I think it could be the fact that Pip became a person I wasn't sure I liked anymore. Her decisions were so insane and just so unlike Pip. The story was good, the case was good, but there was something about the change in Pip that I couldn't seem to like. I understand her story and why it took the turn that it did, but that doesn't mean I had to like it. This book was way darker than the others had been as well which I actually did like. 
I still enjoy Ravi, Cara, Connor, Josh, Nat, Jamie and all the rest of the characters that surround Pip, but I don't think it was enough to save this book from dropping almost a whole star grade for me. 
Also, I am a person who actually really enjoys an open ending, but I actually didn't like this one. It makes sense, but yet again that doesn't mean I have to like it. 


Crying score: nope. 

Spoiler

I don't know if this counts as a spoiler or not so I'll just mark it as such. Pip should have died in this books. She should have been murdered by the DT Killer and then Part II should have been Ravi and her friends/family investigating her murder, but I guess that's just me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gore, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Stalking, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Confinement, Drug use, Blood, Torture, Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

that was whirlwind of emotions. I read all of part 2 in a day, and i don't really know how to process it all yet. extremely dark, so um yeah definitely like a 16+ book i'd say. it's not spicy at all though, so that's a win. never mind pip, i think i've fallen in love with ravi too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Grief

Minor: Misogyny, Vomit, and Infidelity