Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

As Good As Dead, by Holly Jackson

30 reviews

texas_reznikoff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Child abuse, Violence, Addiction, Child death, Grief, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, and Drug use

josxphinchen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Vomit, Violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Murder

gothmiku's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m scared of Holly Jackson’s search history.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Animal death, and Cancer

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Stalking, Murder, Misogyny, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Blood

Minor: Confinement and Sexual assault

zeynepbinbasioglu's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit

kelseyr713's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

The format of this one is definitely different than the other two. Without spoiling, about halfway through it takes a big turn. I wish Pip had gone about things very differently than she did, but it fits the state of mind she was in at the time. I wish we could get an epilogue!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexism, Drug abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Confinement, Gore, Animal death, Kidnapping, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Drug use, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gun violence

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

I love this more than anything else
I am but a shell of person now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Addiction, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Confinement, Blood, Mental illness, Sexism, Vomit, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence

tristaesque's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Confinement

holliesatchell's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Vomit, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

nikexistiertnik's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense

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

3.5

well, i just refreshed the page and lost everything i wrote, so i'm gonna try to piece it together from memory.
i am exhausted.
this book was way too long and way too stressful - i was kept on my toes for about 300 pages straight without a chance to relax even a little bit.
the premise was unexpected, but interesting to me, although it felt dragged out a lot and could've definitely been kept shorter.

Spoiler

what makes this book - at least in my eyes - worse than its prequels: the dt killer reveal wasn't a surprising reveal at all - i was really disappointed that pip and ravi chose to focus on dan again, when it was so obvious after andie's email that jason bell was dt.
in the previous books, pip always seemed to be on a similar track as the reader, but this time she was uncharacteristically off about this stuff, which could be tied to her ptsd and other struggles, but it still struck me as really weird.
the whole "tie together all the strings everything comes together in the end in a full circle"-thing had me swaying from side to side, on the one hand i kinda enjoyed seeing everyone again and i love it when all the dots connect, but on the other hand it was just so. much. and very obvious the author wanted to pull out all the stops, but there were just too many.
the ending was such a relief to me; i would've been so disappointed, had i stressed myself to the point of exhaustion reading this book, without it ending the way it did.

in general, i did enjoy the writing again, although the use of the word "sniff" as a verb as well as a noun was excessive.
in conclusion, not a bad book, it was enjoyable, but i didn't like it as much as the first two, and I don't think i could read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Cursing, and Vomit