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As Dead As It Gets (Bad Girls Don't Die #3)
by
Katie Alender (Goodreads Author)
It's been three months since Alexis helplessly witnessed Lydia Small's violent death, and all she wants is for her life to return to normal.
But normal people don't see decaying bodies haunting photographs. Normal people don't have to deal with regular intrusions from Lydia's angry ghost, sometimes escalating to terrifying attacks.
At first, it seems that Lydia wants reveng...more
But normal people don't see decaying bodies haunting photographs. Normal people don't have to deal with regular intrusions from Lydia's angry ghost, sometimes escalating to terrifying attacks.
At first, it seems that Lydia wants reveng...more
Hardcover, 1st Edition, 442 pages
Published
May 15th 2012
by Disney-Hyperion
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Sigh. I'll have to reread this whole series one day. Review to come.
God, I hate finishing good series...
God, I hate finishing good series...
May 15, 2013
Lily Israel
added it
Im so excited! cant wait!
Finally! I know I said I'm not that excited to read this book, but I'm glad I still did. This is better than the second book and way creepier. At least Alexis wasn't thinking about just herself here. She's still mopey but it's tolerable. Anyway I'll miss her and the other characters especially Carter. I really like him. I just wish there were more of him here. I don't know that much about him . It would be really cool to find out about him because well, after all the things that happened he's st...more
Feb 12, 2013
De'Zsa
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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I couldn't put this book down. I wish I could write a full-on review but I have school so this is a rushed review. But honestly, this is just... such a beautiful piece of writing. So much better than the first and second novels. I've waited MONTHS to get my hands on this and book 2 and it was well-worth the wait. I'm sobbing right now bc BEAUTIFUL.
Magnificent! Outstanding! Devastating (in a good emotional way)
If this is the end of the trilogy, then I know I'm going to miss it. I'll miss Lexi. I'll miss Carter. I'll miss Megan. I'll miss Kasey. I'll miss Lydia.
Katie has grown so much through the three books.
The first was normal, the second was incredible and this one was UNFORGETTABLE!
Here is a quote that gives me chills and reveals how far Lexi has grown:
"I've been bad.
I've been good.
Weak and strong.
Brave and afraid." (page 441)
There i...more
If this is the end of the trilogy, then I know I'm going to miss it. I'll miss Lexi. I'll miss Carter. I'll miss Megan. I'll miss Kasey. I'll miss Lydia.
Katie has grown so much through the three books.
The first was normal, the second was incredible and this one was UNFORGETTABLE!
Here is a quote that gives me chills and reveals how far Lexi has grown:
"I've been bad.
I've been good.
Weak and strong.
Brave and afraid." (page 441)
There i...more
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Feb 22, 2013
Jan
marked it as to-read
I haven't read this book just yet but I've been really wanting to read this bok
Jessie DeGroff
3/4/13
P.4
As Dead as it Gets Book Review
In my book, As Dead as it Gets by Katie Alender, all Alexis Warren wants is a normal life, but she has special eyes that let her see ghosts, so, with the help of her eyes, she tries to stop
a poltergeist called Laina from killing her and many other people.
Alexis Warren was one of the ones who watched Lydia Small come to her death. Everyone thinks that Alexis was the one who killed her, but that statement is completely false. “I didn’t kill...more
3/4/13
P.4
As Dead as it Gets Book Review
In my book, As Dead as it Gets by Katie Alender, all Alexis Warren wants is a normal life, but she has special eyes that let her see ghosts, so, with the help of her eyes, she tries to stop
a poltergeist called Laina from killing her and many other people.
Alexis Warren was one of the ones who watched Lydia Small come to her death. Everyone thinks that Alexis was the one who killed her, but that statement is completely false. “I didn’t kill...more
This book was great, not really like Anything I've ever read before, and I've read a lot of books for my age. So, without looking at which novel this book is... I started reading this book from book 1. And, gladly, it is the type of book that you can just start from whichever novel in the series, but I don't recommend it. It was good, She took a little break from Carter after dating him for a little while, and found Jerad, a boy that just might be a little too needy, kind of has anger issues, an...more
Just AMAZING!
One of the best book I've ever read. One of my favorite book now. It just sad that this is the last book.
Okay. This is only a quick review of this book. I didn't expect that Alexis and Jared will be together. I thought she and carter will be together again after the incident. But i was wrong. He moved on with Zoe. But all i know is he still love Alexis and Lexi still love Carter. Just too complicated to be together again because of Zoe and Jared. And now we know how complicated her...more
One of the best book I've ever read. One of my favorite book now. It just sad that this is the last book.
Okay. This is only a quick review of this book. I didn't expect that Alexis and Jared will be together. I thought she and carter will be together again after the incident. But i was wrong. He moved on with Zoe. But all i know is he still love Alexis and Lexi still love Carter. Just too complicated to be together again because of Zoe and Jared. And now we know how complicated her...more
This series has been a solid ‘hit’ from Book One, and each and every step of the way seems to get better and better.
With this newest tale, we are right back with the ‘girls’ who - once upon a time - decided to use a bit of magic and power in order to become part of the ‘in’ crowd. Alexis is the one who readers are focused on, as she tries to deal with the fact that she witnessed Lydia Small’s death at the hands of some truly supernatural powers. Although most people believe that Alexis was actua...more
With this newest tale, we are right back with the ‘girls’ who - once upon a time - decided to use a bit of magic and power in order to become part of the ‘in’ crowd. Alexis is the one who readers are focused on, as she tries to deal with the fact that she witnessed Lydia Small’s death at the hands of some truly supernatural powers. Although most people believe that Alexis was actua...more
In this third installment after Bad Girls Don't Die and From Bad to Cursed, things are even worse for Alexis. It's been a while since she witnessed Lydia's death, and she's trying to move on, but it's hard because she keeps seeing dead people in photographs. To make matters worse, a girl in her class disappears, and Alexis sees Lydia's calling card on the news... yellow roses. Alexis is also trying to move on from her boyfriend Carter, and is dating Jared instead, and is on the newspaper staff,...more
This is the third--and I believe, final--book in the Bad Girls Don't Die trilogy (that is, if it is, in fact, a trilogy), and it definitely felt final. Picking up shortly after Lydia's death in Book 2, the book has a sadder tone to it than the others (Book 1 was creepy and Book 2 was creepy but kind of quirky funny with the whole Stepford Wife-like cult). Alexis believes that her last minute pledge to Aralt in Book 2 (in an effort to save herself from going blind after being doused with dangerou...more
Finally, I’ve already finished the Bad Girl Series, and I can say that Katie Alender really amazed me with her creativeness. This is the kind of series that doesn’t seem like to be a series. You know the typical kind of series that you have to really grasp the story of the previous book just to get along with its sequel. The kind of series that you can read even if you haven’t read the previous book, because each book has a different substance.
If the first book focused on dolls and the second bo...more
If the first book focused on dolls and the second bo...more
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As dead as it gets
Sob sob omg this book is finished already??? I love the whole entire series I loved the ending and cried a few too.
Alexis = this girl I will be missing her soo much, I always love how fierce she is and IMF lad in this book we can see her vulnerable side. I love the relationship with Lydia I'm this book, the conversation touched me alot. And she is finally back with carter yes!!!
Jared = this guy I was always shady with him and turns out I am right, I liked his soft words with A...more
Sob sob omg this book is finished already??? I love the whole entire series I loved the ending and cried a few too.
Alexis = this girl I will be missing her soo much, I always love how fierce she is and IMF lad in this book we can see her vulnerable side. I love the relationship with Lydia I'm this book, the conversation touched me alot. And she is finally back with carter yes!!!
Jared = this guy I was always shady with him and turns out I am right, I liked his soft words with A...more
This review is also available over at my blog.
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I love this series so friggin' much.
It may not top my list of most favorite YA ghost series of all time, but it's pretty damn close. These books were so easy to devour, and I didn't waste any time in reading them all, even if I've been a little lazy and slow on my reading. The books in this series just have that "I'll-pull-you-in-and-won't-let-go" feel, so I just can't help but read more and more.
This book starts off quite some...more
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I love this series so friggin' much.
It may not top my list of most favorite YA ghost series of all time, but it's pretty damn close. These books were so easy to devour, and I didn't waste any time in reading them all, even if I've been a little lazy and slow on my reading. The books in this series just have that "I'll-pull-you-in-and-won't-let-go" feel, so I just can't help but read more and more.
This book starts off quite some...more
(This review can also be found on my blog The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year Old Girl).
If you've read my reviews on the first two books in this series, you will know my love affair with the Bad Girls Don't Die series. Katie Alender has fast become one of my top three favourite authors. I loved As Dead As It Gets as much as the first two which is saying something as usually most sequels fail to get my love.
Alexis is back in the next installment of Bad Girls Don't Die. This time girls...more
If you've read my reviews on the first two books in this series, you will know my love affair with the Bad Girls Don't Die series. Katie Alender has fast become one of my top three favourite authors. I loved As Dead As It Gets as much as the first two which is saying something as usually most sequels fail to get my love.
Alexis is back in the next installment of Bad Girls Don't Die. This time girls...more
I enjoyed this book very much. I was a little worried at first, because I felt the plot wasn't moving fast enough for me but then it got very fast-paced and interestesting. I'm a huge fan of Katie's work, I loved the past two books and I ended up being pleased with this one.
Alexis' character was pretty strong, I liked her more in this book than I did in the last one. The other characters were okay, I thought Jered was pretty strong but the others didn't stand out much to me. I still don't like C...more
Alexis' character was pretty strong, I liked her more in this book than I did in the last one. The other characters were okay, I thought Jered was pretty strong but the others didn't stand out much to me. I still don't like C...more
This book definitely takes its cues from the first in the series and it does so with awesome results. While Alexis is more of a loner in this book thus making the reader stomach the full force of her bad decisions without having anything to break it up, so much more cool stuff happens that I can overlook that and this this book a five star rating. (view spoiler)...more
As Dead As It Gets...
Well, the truth is I'm just hoping this series would end. I mean, the first book was fine on its own. There was no need to get the second and third books.
Creepy cover, right? I know it. The second book was even creepier. All theses creepy covers in this series. *Cold Shivering* *Ghost looking over your shoulder*
In my opinion, the main character has gone officially cuckoo. She is CRAZY! Yet she isn't. Too many of the secondary characters, she is. To us readers, she isn't.
Des...more
Well, the truth is I'm just hoping this series would end. I mean, the first book was fine on its own. There was no need to get the second and third books.
Creepy cover, right? I know it. The second book was even creepier. All theses creepy covers in this series. *Cold Shivering* *Ghost looking over your shoulder*
In my opinion, the main character has gone officially cuckoo. She is CRAZY! Yet she isn't. Too many of the secondary characters, she is. To us readers, she isn't.
Des...more
Mar 22, 2013
Madi
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone who loves books that are ghost related. Anyone looking for chaos and a laugh here and there.
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*SPOILERS*
Now that I said there are spoilers you are going to read aren't you? Don't it wil ruin the book. I guess I can't stop you. Oh well.
I seriously doubted that this sequel would please me as much as the second sequel did. I was enticed by Aralt and his story.
Lydia Small:
After Lydia's death in the second book I thought that in no way would she a)make a comeback b)be a "good" ghost. She was still Lydia but there was something beautiful about her. She was snarky,but giving. She wanted to hel...more
Now that I said there are spoilers you are going to read aren't you? Don't it wil ruin the book. I guess I can't stop you. Oh well.
I seriously doubted that this sequel would please me as much as the second sequel did. I was enticed by Aralt and his story.
Lydia Small:
After Lydia's death in the second book I thought that in no way would she a)make a comeback b)be a "good" ghost. She was still Lydia but there was something beautiful about her. She was snarky,but giving. She wanted to hel...more
As Dead As It Gets is the last book in the Bad Girl’s Don’t Die series. It follows a girl, Alexis, who is being haunted by a girl named Lydia, who’s death Alexis witnessed months ago. There is a string of deaths occurring in the town and are somehow all linked to Alexis. She suspects Lydia is responsible, but when Lydia claims she has nothing to do with it Alexis goes on a dangerous and twisted journey to find out who the killer is. Having not read the previous two books in the series, I found i...more
Katie Alender has ended the Bad Girls Don't Die Trilogy with an interesting and very creepy book. This book was so amazing, I couldn't put it down until I had finished reading it. And when I did finish, going to the bathroom alone was a task I had to overcome all night...
What I like about this book is how Katie Alender managed to create a very scary book without forcing any of the horror it into the reader's face. Plus, the characters are very sympathetic and likeable, which is DEFINITELY a plus...more
What I like about this book is how Katie Alender managed to create a very scary book without forcing any of the horror it into the reader's face. Plus, the characters are very sympathetic and likeable, which is DEFINITELY a plus...more
THIS IS THE "BEST BOOK" I'VE EVER READ!!!!!!!!!But I'm real bummed that this is the last book. It was very ROMANTIC, MYSTERIOUS and SUPRISING! JARED WAS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IN THE STORY BECAUSE HE WAS ACTUALLY CARING AND A LITTLE BIT TOO CRAZY.
Alexis and Jared's relationship was,ok, but all of the arguing was too much. They would have been a great couple if Jared wasn't so "NEEDY", he really wasn't even that in love with Alexis, but he sounds cute, i wish i could see how they looked(hope the...more
Alexis and Jared's relationship was,ok, but all of the arguing was too much. They would have been a great couple if Jared wasn't so "NEEDY", he really wasn't even that in love with Alexis, but he sounds cute, i wish i could see how they looked(hope the...more
Nov 17, 2012
Tysaan Fly
is currently reading it
From the look of the cover the book looks like it might be a great book.From what I seen from youtube i think the story is about a girl might dont know get killed by someone she tough was her friend or it might be about a girl who got what ever she wanted and knew everybody sand she was a diva. After she died I think she might come from her grave so she finshed something that she had started, and when she die everybody is going to miss her when shes gone.... Something else I think is she was a s...more
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This was the best of all three books. Alexis is seeing Lydia's ghost everywhere now. There are girls missing and dying the next day and Alexis thinks Lydia may be the cause of this. The suspense to this book is very well put together and had me wanting to find out what will happen next. I'm glad that Alexis's younger sister finally acts her age and is trying to help Alexis. She was a character that I finally started liking after the first two books. In the first two sh...more
This was the best of all three books. Alexis is seeing Lydia's ghost everywhere now. There are girls missing and dying the next day and Alexis thinks Lydia may be the cause of this. The suspense to this book is very well put together and had me wanting to find out what will happen next. I'm glad that Alexis's younger sister finally acts her age and is trying to help Alexis. She was a character that I finally started liking after the first two books. In the first two sh...more
I picked this book up in the library thinking I would read a few pages to see if it grabbed me. Sixteen chapters later, I thought, "Self, you could finish this book on the comfort of your own couch." So I did.
The story grabs you in and pulls you through non-stop. The characters are great - complex and keep revealing something new just when you think you have a fix on them. There were quite a few things I did *not* see coming.
As a writer, I'm interested in transitions and timing - the beginnings...more
The story grabs you in and pulls you through non-stop. The characters are great - complex and keep revealing something new just when you think you have a fix on them. There were quite a few things I did *not* see coming.
As a writer, I'm interested in transitions and timing - the beginnings...more
You know, I wish I could give it the average 4.5 stars, but I just wasn't feeling it. I read the first book which was good... Mind you, I was 13 or 14 when I read it, and had yet to read more striking novels.
I didn't like the book for the prime reason being that, I personally felt that it had a lot of uneven flow and things happened really fast. Bad example, but: one page, Alexis is talking about how Jared has always been into her but she hasn't ever reciprocated. A couple pages later, she's kis...more
I didn't like the book for the prime reason being that, I personally felt that it had a lot of uneven flow and things happened really fast. Bad example, but: one page, Alexis is talking about how Jared has always been into her but she hasn't ever reciprocated. A couple pages later, she's kis...more
Rarely do I ever read a series where the final book is as good as the others. And even more rarely do I ever read a series where the final book surpasses the others in terms of sheer brilliance. As Dead As It Gets was one of these rare cases. It is truly amazing and Alender really outdid herself with this book. I couldn't put it down for more than a few moments and in those moments, I couldn't help but wonder what would come next. Some parts were truly terrifying and others were completely shock...more
Feb 08, 2013
Loren
added it
NOO!
I really need to read the final book, but I can't find it anywhere. Bad Girls Don't Die is ah-mazing. The plot, the description, the main character, a spunky attituded girl. All the makings of wonderfulness.
If you haven't read the first book or second, you're missing out.
I remember seeing the school book trailer for the second.
"Alexis had the perfect boyfriend, friends, and school, and all because of camp sunshine..
And all it cost..
Was her soul."
My heart stopped at that last part. What a...more
I really need to read the final book, but I can't find it anywhere. Bad Girls Don't Die is ah-mazing. The plot, the description, the main character, a spunky attituded girl. All the makings of wonderfulness.
If you haven't read the first book or second, you're missing out.
I remember seeing the school book trailer for the second.
"Alexis had the perfect boyfriend, friends, and school, and all because of camp sunshine..
And all it cost..
Was her soul."
My heart stopped at that last part. What a...more
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| Carter or Jared | 13 | 35 | Mar 22, 2013 02:20pm | |
| Book Discussions ...: As Dead as it Gets | 1 | 2 | Mar 12, 2013 03:27pm | |
| Is there going to be a 4th book? | 10 | 22 | Mar 05, 2013 09:33am | |
| Jared | 4 | 10 | Jan 11, 2013 09:10am |
Katie Alender (rhymes with “calendar”!) grew up in South Florida, which probably explains the recurring alligator dreams (one of which is documented in Bad Girls Don’t Die). She is the third of four children (three girls and a boy) and the child of three very loving and encouraging parents.
She attended high school at the Palm Beach County School of the Arts, studying Communication Arts. From there...more
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“Loving this quote: "Find the people who treat you the way you deserve to be treated. Tell everyone else to go to hell and don't look back.”
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“I've been bad.
I've been good.
Weak and Strong.
Brave and afraid.
A hero and a killer.”
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I've been good.
Weak and Strong.
Brave and afraid.
A hero and a killer.”
