Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

As Good As Dead, by Holly Jackson

147 reviews

rabiyar7's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

3.75

I loved part 1! I had lots of OMG moments at some reveals and twists and turns. I wish loved part two as much but I didn't, it was good and not great in my opinion. Still a bloody brilliant trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Stalking, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Addiction, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gun violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

whosgina's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Rape, Murder, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Vomit and Fire/Fire injury

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

kaitlyncraig18's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

This book is so freaking tense and amazingly written. I laughed, I cried, my heart raced. I read for 5 hours straight and it felt like 30 mins. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual assault

ella7211's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Gore, Stalking, Kidnapping, Violence, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

grahus28's review

challenging 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

This book slays.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Mental illness, Stalking, Murder, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cursing, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

elliizzzabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I really regret reading this book. From the first page it is obvious that Pip is struggling with some deep trauma from the end of the last book. What she desperately needs is some therapy but instead we get this shitshow. 
It's started slow and then it started to get interesting when she was researching the DT killer but then it took a nosedive in the second half. Pip makes a series of truly baffling decisions and drags all of us down into this madness. The whole time I was screaming at the book for her to stop making it all worse.
A lot of the plot felt very forced, as if Holly Jackson wanted it to go a certain way but had to make her characters do stupid things to make that happen. It also felt like it had odd morals

Spoiler

why was it not okay for Elliott Ward to frame Sal but it was okay for Pip to frame Max? Why was it not seen as justice when Charlie killed Stanley, but it was Justice to have Max arrested for a crime he didn't commit? And in the end she got away with it! I thought for sure she was going to get caught and she was going to see the error of her ways but nope! The story fully supported her actions. Maybe Holly Jackson was trying to do some sort of unreliable narrator but it really didn't feel like it. I lost all my respect I had for her - I desperately wanted her to get caught!

 
Overall, I really wish I hadn't read this book. It made me incredibly angry throughout and has tainted my view of what I had thought before was a pretty decent series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Injury/injury detail, Drug use, Blood, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death, Violence, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Fire/Fire injury

m_a_r_i_a_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Vomit

yinthe__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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

This book is absolutely amazing. The tension, the plot twists.

Spoiler

The fact that Jason (a character from the first book) was the leading cause of everything that had happened, is just amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, and Emotional abuse