Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

As Good As Dead, by Holly Jackson

2 reviews

camoo3032's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

This series started off as a really interesting murder mystery but over the course of the series it's focus turns to trauma, how it affects you and what it feels like. Holly Jackson's description of PTSD is incredibly well done. All of the characters feel really rich no matter how small they are. It's a fantastic series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Addiction, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexism, Confinement, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Bullying, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Car accident

anielabooks's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense

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

5.0

Amazing book. Everyone kept telling me it was the best in the series, and I see why. At first I was skeptical because it was going so slow but around 20% it started picking up pace. Read this book in 4 days, which is super fast for me. Once I got past the first 20% of the book, I couldn’t put it down. There were definitely some scenes that made me want to throw up, so make sure to look at trigger warnings before picking this book up. I’d say I’m satisfied with this ending to the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Rape