Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

19 reviews

ckjl123456's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

I was always on the edge of my seat. I wanted to hug Pip the whole time. I was so scared for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, and Vomit

This book actually made me scared for the main character. Just be careful out there people.

jachnax's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

Overall i did enjoy the book but i found the plot and the ending were kinda off at a few times and i dont know if i liked the way Pip changed so much in a very dark direction. I loved her so much but now im a bit indifferent about it. She is definitly very traumatised and she deserved better.

Spoiler

I found it was quite predictable that Jason Bell was the DT killer. In the books before i already had some unlikings about who it was it just didnt 100% work for me but i was atleast surprised. I found this one a bit predictable. I did like the different direction this book took afterwards but i really did not like the ending and didnt really understsnd why it was so necessary to vover everything up and then her cutting herself completly off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

gingerbooknerd3's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Death, Rape, Drug use, Stalking, Kidnapping, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, and Car accident

conniexf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

Holly Jackson’s books and especially her agggtm series is incredible!! I was in a huge book slump until I started reading the series and it really got me back in the mood for reading. I recommend her books for murder mystery fans!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Vomit, and Blood

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

theemeraldgirl23's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

Wow! Just wow! The twist in the second half of the novel really drew me. It was so compelling to see how Pip got away with her own murder. I was kind of disappointed to see we never truly got the payoff of Max Hastings's case, but the ending makes it clear that they had won, even if it was implied. Ravi messaged Pip, meaning that she no longer had to be isolated from him, meaning Max Hastings was finally put away. Thank god! I loved this series so much! The whole full-circle nature of the mysteries connecting all three books together was really well done. This was a gripping finale and I loved every moment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

lozzo_bozo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, Stalking, Addiction, Animal death, Grief, Rape, Murder, Car accident, Death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Misogyny

at806's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexual violence

maaggi13e's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

i love these books so its no surprise i loved this one, there are a few cons i have for it (no charlie green type epilogue / lack of closure on a few things) but apart from that it was really just a good book, i can only hope there will be a fourth one despite knowing that is NOT going to happen but yeah if you wanna read it, go for it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Mental illness, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Racism, and Emotional abuse

ellahoward_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

Really disappointed with how this series ended. Having loved the first two books I thought I would really enjoy this one and for the first half even though it was darker I found it intriguing but it just back too unhinged and found it difficult to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death, Death, Vomit, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

hancaavdic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Stalking, Murder, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Grief, Cursing, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Animal cruelty, and Animal death