| Title | : | As Good As Dead (A Good Girls Guide to Murder, #3) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0593379853 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780593379851 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 459 |
| Publication | : | First published August 5, 2021 |
| Awards | : | Goodreads Choice Award Young Adult Fiction (2021) |
Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can’t help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears?
Soon the threats escalate and Pip realizes that someone is following her in real life. When she starts to find connections between her stalker and a local serial killer caught six years ago, she wonders if maybe the wrong man is behind bars.
Police refuse to act, so Pip has only one choice: find the suspect herself—or be the next victim. As the deadly game plays out, Pip discovers that everything in her small town is coming full circle... and if she doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears...
As Good As Dead (A Good Girls Guide to Murder, #3) Reviews
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Ludicrous. Absolutely fricking ludicrous.
I have never been more furious at a book. My hands are shaking in anger right now as I am writing this.
Prepare for a hell of a rant.
As most people will know, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder has been my favourite book of all time ever since its release. I am never done recommending it to people and talking praise about it. Jackson’s writing was so well thought out, so thoroughly planned, it was beyond impressive. I related to Pip so much as a character, and found the plot line and writing style absolutely phenomenal.
Because of this, it is pretty understandable that I was SUPER hyped for this release. I have had it preordered for two months, had the release date written in all of my calendars and diaries and counted down the days with friends and family.
If I had known what I was getting hyped for, I wouldn’t have wasted my time.
I’m not sure I have ever hated a book as much.
If you love the characters, the ‘whodunnit’ style and overall the first two AGGGTM novels, I must ask that you NEVER DARE pick up or even go remotely near a copy of this book.
**MASS SPOILERS Ahead**
It began okay. I wasn’t immensely intrigued to begin with, the writing a little repetitive and out of character, but I found it fine as I understand what Pip had been through after Stanley’s death and that she was obviously really struggling with PTSD, though her coping mechanisms were not AT ALL what I expected of her.
Then, it got good. It got good really quickly from there. Although I easily guessed who the DT Killer was (something I have never once done before with one of Jackson’s book), I was completely engrossed. All of the links tying him to the other novels proved just how much thought had gone into everything and I was very impressed. I was also completely on edge reading the scenes where he was near, such as the later stick figure scenes, Pip’s speakers sounding in the middle of the night and the printer going off as well.
I must say that I disliked the fact that she still seemed to like Charlie, even after all of the PTSD Stanley’s death caused her and how much she was protesting him committing the act at the time. It was not a display of the Pippa Fitz-Amobi I knew.
And then came the twist. The mass plot twist around half way through that completely ruined my bookish LIFE for the past few years. Killed all of my love for Pip and the series.
SHE MURDERED HIM! SHE ACTUALLY FRICKING KILLED HIM WITH A HAMMER DESPITE GETTING AWAY!
I must admit, the kidnapping scene happened not where I thought it would in the book, and her managing to escape was quite far fetched, but I was still rather enjoying it nonetheless at that point. Although I do strongly believe that the Pip I know (or thought I knew) would have guessed him the instant she read Andie’s email, but here we are.
BUT THEN SHE KILLED HIM!
And from there, it only got worse, with Ravi helping to clear up the scene, and then them involving Cara, Naomi, Jamie, Connor and Nat, establishing alibis together and FRAMING MAX FOR JASON BELL’S MURDER!
I have never liked Max. I didn’t like him initially, I hated him when I found out he was a serial rapist and I despised him when his verdict was ‘not guilty’.
BUT FRAMING HIM FOR MURDER, PIP? WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL?!?!?!
The nice, extremely intelligent Pippa Fitz-Amobi that I admired, related to and ABSOLUTELY ADORED as a character, MURDERED SOMEONE AND FRAMED SOMEONE ELSE FOR IT!!! I will never see her in the same way again. I will never get the lovable young detective from Little Kilton back.
And Ravi and the others still sticking by her side when they knew she was a murderer? Another instance for ‘what the actual frick?!’. I understand that the others didn’t know for sure, but who wouldn’t have guessed that?! I honestly could not believe it.
The framing was ridiculous, with the changing of the Rigor and Livor Mortis with a car air con and miraculously removing all of Pip’s DNA from the crime scene. And her kind, protective parents not bothering to ask or be curious about her strange behaviours or the BIG CUT/SCAB ON HER FACE just makes no sense whatsoever! Breaking into Max’s house, drugging him, stealing his phone and clothes and taking some DNA to sprinkle at the scene? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? HOW IS THAT HUMANLY POSSIBLE?!
Things I also don’t understand is how there were no traces of Ravi left at the crime scene and how Hawkins believed his headphones story, or why he even used it in the first place! Then, Pip at Cambridge can miraculously sleep after murdering someone BUT COULDN’T FOR MONTHS AND HAD TO TAKE DRUGS TO HELP HER AFTER SEEING STANLEY DIE?! She seems FAR more phased by his death that Jason’s, which makes literally no sense, not to mention super out of character!
Then disconnecting completely from her family, severing all ties with her friends and Ravi... a) it’s just not Pip and b) wouldn’t that be even more suspicious to the police? This girl who adores her friends and family suddenly severing all ties? Come on!!
I cannot believe it. I want to scream and cry and destroy that book in every way physically possible.
Please do not read this book. Please do not ruin the most perfect series for yourself.
It’s not worth it. I’ll never see it the same again.
Jackson, what have you done? -
Is it normal for one person to have this many enemies?
To be fair, this book wasn't bad. But up till now, this has been my favorite YA mystery series for very specific reasons. And unfortunately, I feel like this last book in the trilogy completely jumped the shark.
One of the reasons I adore this series is because of Pip. She's smart, fearless, and snarky, the perfect rendition of a modern-day Nancy Drew. But not in this book. In this book, she is angry and traumatized, and has turned into my least-favorite trope of all time: a pill-popping, freaking out, paranoid, therapy-is-not-for-me female narrator.
Of course she's traumatized by what happened to her in the last two books. Who wouldn't be, if this was real life? But I don't always want darker and grittier and more realistic in everything I read. One of the main reasons I escape into books is to take comfort in strong characters who can kick ass again and again, rising from the ashes no matter what happens to them. So the fact that this book shat all over its strong female character is a huge disappointment.
My other problem is the mystery, or lack thereof. In books 1 and 2, we follow Pip as she investigates, talks to suspects, gathers clues, and makes deductions. In other words, your standard Nancy Drew brought to life. But in this book, the mystery is just a small subset of the whole story, and it is over quickly, with barely any detecting.
So what is this story taken up with? Well, the first 100 pages is devoted to Pip raging and popping pills. Then we mercifully get into the core mystery of this book, but that's wrapped up pretty quickly by the end of Part I. At that point, the book takes a turn in a direction I don't even recognize for this series and its characters. It is so out of left field that I was just stunned (and not in a good way).
And to make matters worse, the entirety of Part II is obvious. It's clear what is going to happen, and the book just takes 200 pages to spell it out in long form. I don't have to have surprise after surprise in my books, but I'm not a fan of reading hundreds of pages when things can only go one way.
Also, at the risk of sounding like an old fogey, I don't think this book is YA-appropriate. Books 1 and 2 were Young Adult, yes, but not this book. The fact that Pip skulks around and procures drugs from the neighborhood drug dealer, then inhales said drugs in order to take the edge off her trauma, not to mention what happens in the second half of the book, makes this one of the darkest books I have ever read, not just in YA.
If you're thinking about reading this series, I still recommend it, especially books 1 and 2. Thankfully, each book is self-contained, with a mystery that's all wrapped up by the end. Each subsequent book does reference what happens in earlier ones, so read them in order for maximum spoiler-free enjoyment.
If the other two books in this series didn't exist, I'm sure I would have enjoyed this and found very little cause for complaint. But they do, and I can't just erase them from my mind. I fell in love with the Pip and the mysteries of those books, so in comparison, this book was a shock and a disappointment.
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See also, my thoughts on:
#1.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
#2.
Good Girl, Bad Blood
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"Pip's gut twisted with guilt; this was all her fault. Her family forced into a performance, trying twice as hard with her because she could barely try at all."
No one is more disappointed than I am that this book didn't speak to me the way I thought it would. I'm about as invested in this series as a reader can be; I wrote the Book of the Month recommendation for their website for the first book and blurbed several marketing materials for the second, so I thought it would be an easy 5 stars once I picked up the third book and could wrap the series up with a neat little bow. Pip, her family, and her friends feel like family to me, and stepping into their world felt like a second home. The witty banter between our leading lady and Ravi sustains me in a way that few fictional couples can manage, and while I appreciate the darker turn that the end of book 2 made, I still feel like this one went in a direction that undermines the foundation of who these characters are in the first 2/3 of the series.
The first half of this book is a slow burn, which I actually appreciated. Pip is really struggling with PTSD after the events of the ending from book 2, and she's developed a pill problem as a coping mechanism. We receive a lot of insight into her damaged psyche, and how it's deteriorated her relationships between her family, her friends, and even Ravi. I was on board for all of this and the deep development we get to see, and I didn't really start having issues with the book until around the halfway mark.
If you've read any other reviews, you've likely seen that there is a major twist around the halfway mark, and it's not the revelation of the identity to the serial killer being discussed. I think most of us figured that out pretty early on, but what is shocking is . From this point on, there is a significant change in the tone and vibe of the book, and it splits majorly from what we know of our characters and their fundamental morals and beliefs. Not only does the above spoiler happen, but the rest of the book is basically
This will definitely be a controversial installment, and if you're a big fan of the first two books, I'm struggling with recommending this final story and letting you just preserve your experience via the first two. Either way, I applaud the author for covering some difficult topics, and respect her decision to finish out this series in the way she envisioned it. I will definitely be reading more from Holly Jackson in the future.
*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy. -
Look Im completely freaking out here
its not fair
i love these characters so much and you give me this
HOW
DARE
YOU
Pip omg I love her. from being a good girl, she's now morally grey and here we see her battling PTSD and i was super proud of her. When she i was screaming and i was so happy.
This is character development y'all
Ravi was perfect from the first book
And he's even more perfect now.
He's kind, loving smart and clever. I love him so much and when he . I vowed to myself to find a partner who would help me bury a dead body :")
The amount of love I have for this series cannot be expressed in words
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for this masterpiece -
**4.5-stars rounded up**
As Good As Dead is the third, and they claim, the final book in Holly Jackson's popular A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series.
Personally, I feel like Jackson may not be done with Pip. There's so much more story that could be told. I'm hoping she pulls a Maureen Johnson, a la
The Box in the Woods.
By this point in the series, y'all know, Pip has been through it. This isn't a cozy YA Mystery series. Pip has faced very real dangers and she hasn't come out unscathed.
Particularly after solving her last case, she's left with PTSD surrounding those events. Her emotional state of mind is fairly dark. She's struggling for real.
Adding to her stress, because like all she's been through isn't enough, someone is harassing her.
While Pip is used to trolls, any person with a public presence on the net is, she begins to take special notice when one particular troll asks her the same question over and over: who will look for you when you're the one who disappears?
The harassment quickly escalates and Pip begins noticing things popping up around her house that indicate this person may be close by, watching her. Before long, there's no question, she has a stalker.
As Pip starts to look into who this person might be, she discovers connections that may link her stalker to a local serial killer case purportedly solved six years ago. Is the wrong man in jail? Is the killer still on the loose? Will Pip be his next victim?
When the police refuse to act on her behalf, Pip does the thing she is best at, she investigates herself. Is she finally in over her head?
It's no secret that I absolutely love this series. Pip is one of my favorite characters in the literary world, but this novel finds her in a totally different headspace.
Gone is our sparkling baby girl with all the optimism of a newborn pup. The world has beaten it out of her. She's seen the dark side of humanity in a way many people never do.
I actually really appreciated that aspect of Pip's mental health being showcased. So many times in books, the protagonists go through incredibly horrific things and just seem to get over it. They bounce back in a way us regular peeps could never even dream of.
The fact that Pip really struggles with recovering from her experiences made her feel that much more real to me. You can really empathize with her character.
The tone of this entire story is much darker than the previous two and I feel like some people may not like it as much because of that. For me, it felt like the natural progression of Pip's story.
As always, Pip is completely focused on the task at hand, even to the detriment of some of her relationships. I was concerned for a while about her relationship with Ravi; he's just such a gem.
This one didn't turn out quite like I was expecting it to. There's one point where you think the story could be over, but then a huge twists sends it spinning off in a whole new direction.
After this, I wouldn't say I was crazy about a lot of Pip's choices, but who am I to judge?
As mentioned above, I would be super stoked if this weren't really the end. If it is though, I respect Jackson's decision and think she did an incredible job with this series.
I would definitely reread all of these book again someday. I think it would be really fun to binge them back-to-back. If you haven't read this series yet, you better get cracking. You don't want to miss out!!
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Hell no! No freaking way! It shouldn’t end like this! Here comes my semi unpopular review! I wish the second part of the book could be rewritten! Because I’m truly pissed to see how Pip acts out of her character, how the entire progression takes a dark and unexpected turn and how things start to fall like dominoes!
If you read my reviews about previous two books you already know I am one of the biggest, devoted fan of the series and dark, twisty turns always allure me but this choice of execution didn’t fit with the entire installment. I know I might talk a little gibberish because I’m holding too much not to spoil your reading experience.
I can honestly say I hated the evolving of Piper’s characterization. I didn’t like that dark and bleak turn of the events. I was so close to give two stars but I added half star just for the last page and my devoted love for Ravi! But it was still not the ending I was expecting and not the conclusion for my highly appraised series!
I’m rounding 2.5 stars to 3 Ravi and Pip deserved so much better, I plan to write my own fan fiction stars! -
#1
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder — 3.75 Stars
#2
Good Girl, Bad Blood — 4.5 Stars
It’s all fun and games until YOU’RE the one being stalked and chased by a serial killer . . . cause then you’re AS GOOD AS DEAD. 💀Last time, Pip had been the kind of someone who outdid the police in cracking murder and missing person cases. Now, she’s become the subject in her own investigation when a stalker starts pulling pranks on her and leaving dead headless pigeons on her front drive.
***Spoilers are tagged, but I might unintentionally let something slip. So, beware!
This book started off well (if a little surprising for me to discover as it no longer followed the same format as the previous two books). Then about halfway point, it pulled the rug under my feet by handing me the twist of a lifetime . . .
*It wasn’t mind blowing in and of itself, but my mind did get blown by the audacity of it all.
To put it simply, the aforementioned, unexpected turn of events KILLED the book for me as it became less about solving a MYSTERY and more about . As much as I’m appreciative of the knowledge being imparted (cause I’m sure I’ll put it to good use in the future *cue me being sarcastic*), I DID NOT WANT THIS FOR PIP. 😭
On the other hand, I can see why it would be the perfect route to take in bringing this trilogy to an end. Taking into account what had happened (Pip losing faith in the justice system, Pip witnessing a murder, Pip feeling guilty about not being able to save someone from book 2, Pip suffering from PTSD), it was only fair that this book would focus on her as all of those surely took a toll on her mentally and then some. It’s just that, along with it, I’m also questioning the believability, e.g.:
Okay, so maybe it wasn’t entirely implausible (or maybe I’m just too naïve and clueless of how the world works and think too highly of humanity). Regardless, I loved how all the mystery or cases from book 1 and 2 were brought together and tied into this one. This book was bringing everything full circle. Not to mention, the moral gray-ness in this finale was the blurriest amongst all the books. I appreciated the dark turn this installment took. On another note, it sucked that we didn’t get to see Pip with her friends as much, but her relationship with Ravi and their banter was cute and adorable (if also got a tad emotional towards the end).
I’m wrapping up by telling you about the audiobook. I absolutely loved the audiobooks for AGGGTM and GGBB, but I was a bit let down by this one. Firstly, this book was written just like any other novel—no more newspaper clippings, charts, text screenshots, and interview recordings. Secondly, Idk if the publishers made two audio versions (UK & US) for each book, but the first two audiobooks I listened to were full casts and narrated in the American accent. Meanwhile, this was singly narrated in the English accent. I have to say that I preferred the American ones. The performance was truly unmatched.
To sum up, this conclusion was interesting and intense but leaning more towards disappointing. I didn’t agree with the direction it took, and I didn’t feel assured by the ending. However, I can understand why it had to go this way, and I didn’t outrightly hate the book. As a matter of fact, I have a lot of admiration towards the series. It’s definitely become my favorite in the YA category. If you’re gearing up to read this book, don’t expect it to be like the first two. Prepare for all the moral dilemma it’ll cause and get ready to be mindblown—whether in a good or bad way, that’s for you to find out.
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Hey Sarge, Remember me?
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spin off with ravi and pips children now.
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this book was absolutely brilliant and perfect
and made me cryand i have absolutely no words. not a single one. yes, i am aware that it has been nearly six months since i read this but the last time i tried talking about this book with a friend who also read it, both of us became chaotic messes five minutes before school started.
in conclusion: holly jackson good. book also good. me like but also me a little sad. thank you for coming to my tedtalk, have a nice day.
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sanity? we don't know her. all i know is screaming over this masterpiece while having a minor mental breakdown.
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noooOOOOOOOO NOT A WHOLE YEAR I CANT WAIT THAT LONG -
4.5 stars!!! Wow this book is wild and dark. It took a turn in the middle that I never expected. I love how the author explored the effects that everything Pip has gone through has on her. Although I do miss our spunky, happy, and more carefree Pip in books 1-2, I think this book is very realistic in how dark it is.
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Pip really took the "guide to murder" part seriously and I'm here for it.
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I’ve just finished Good Girl, Bad Blood.
Can I have book 3 now? 🤞🏼
What do you mean I have to wait a year?
*whimpers into the void*
January 28th: COVER REVEAL! TITLE REVEAL! -
ARE U MF KIDDING ME???? insane. amazing. this was perfect in every sense of the word.
this was one of those books that gave me anxiety throughout the entire thing.. but damn it was worth it.
this was EXACTLY the ending i wanted from this series. i’m so pleased. goodbye.
“hey sarge, remember me?” -
***3 disappointed stars***
This review will be full of spoilers, so if you haven't read As Good As Dead and plan to do so, don't read on.
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I am in shock at how Holly Jackson managed to ruin this book for me with one simple twist. Although "simple" is not quite the right word, considering that said twist is murder.
I absolutely LOVED this series! I loved everything about it, but I especially loved Pip - how smart she is, how determined, just everything about her. At first, my heart ached for her as she felt the need to take sleeping pills, even after her doctor took her off them. In the aftermath of the events in book 2, she suffered from PTSD and couldn't sleep anymore. She also kept seeing blood on her hands, so she didn't see a better way out.
For more than half of the book, I could not put it down - it was that good.
But then something happened. Besides the main storyline, Pip gets contacted by a woman who introduces her to another case that she then takes up on. It's about a guy confessing to crimes he didn't commit, because he was coerced into false confession by the police. It was the infamous case of a serial killer who murdered 5 women some years ago. As Pip takes matters into her own hands and investigates, she starts connecting that case with her own - the stalker who's been leaving dead pigeons in front of her house and who paints headless chalk stick figures in the driveway.
Long story short, Pip finds out the identity of the actual murderer, when he manages to abduct her and plans to make her his sixth victim. She thinks she's as good as dead, but as fate would have it, she manages to escape.
Here's where my issues begin: she flees through the woods, she's FREE. But then she turns around when she hears the killer return and decides to go back TO KILL HIM. Not just "normal killing", she hits him in the head. From behind. NINE TIMES. With a hammer!! 😐 That is overkill. Not self-defense or anything. Overkill. I get that she thought no one would believe her over some respectable white guy, that he might not even have been arrested. Her word against his. I get that she was mad at this whole situation, BUT all I could think was
There are a million ways she could have gone on about this. She's Pip freaking Fitz-Amobi. She could have figured something out, for sure. And not only did she murder someone, she thinks it's a good idea to blame it on someone else. 😐😐 Yes, Max is rapist scum and deserved to go to prison. But for HIS crimes, not murder he didn't commit. For her to kill someone cold-blooded and then blame it on someone else? That is so wrong on so many levels 😐 am I the only one feeling this way? Not only does she make it look like someone else is the killer, staging false evidence and coming up with an elaborate scheme, but she gets Ravi to help her and also a few of her friends 😕 that is so fucked up... And the way they handled a dead body, even made jokes during that time... But most of all, thinking it's ok to send someone else to jail for HER crime... just baffled me.
If Pippa had PTSD from seeing up close how someone got fatally shot, how would she handle having hit a guy WITH A HAMMER!! TO THE HEAD!!? 9 TIMES!? For me, it wasn't enough that she distanced herself from her family, friends and boyfriend, only to later return when the trial was done and Max was convicted (supposing that's what happened in the end). It can't be that easy to get away with murder, even if you're a good person and the one who got killed deserved it.
I guess I just wished she would have found a smart way to out the Duct Tape Killer in her podcast. Would that have been a little of a cliché? Yes. But it would have made more sense, in my opinion. And she wouldn't have been a freaking killer herself. You see, she didn't kill the guy in self-defense, she wasn't in a situation where that would have been the only option. She turned around and decided it's best to just go kill him. It was premeditated. That makes her a murderer too, and I can't be ok with that. It's just all so messed up 🙁
OK, rant over. 😂 I probably repeated myself a bunch of times, but as stated before this is a rant 😂 sorry 🙈 To sum up, this was partly a huge disappointment and a terrible way to close off such a great series IMO. -
“But she was dead in all the ways that mattered. As good as.”
What a RIDE!!!!!
This trilogy has been a sensation! Book three definitely takes us in a different direction than the first two but I loved it!
After the events of Good Girl Bad Blood, Pip is struggling with PTSD and has even developed a pill habit. When she discovers some strange occurrences that lead her to believe someone is stalking her, the police don’t believe her. They think it is just relayed to her trauma.
Looks like Pip is going to have to handle this herself, and when she notices similarities with a closed case of a serial killer, things go from bad to worse.
I loved the fast pace, as always and the wonderful characters both to love and to hate. Pip’s relationship with Ravi is absolute goals.
Holly Jackson is one to watch and I can’t wait for more from her! -
2 months later, and still, the only emotion I can express is "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH". Attempting to coherently put my feelings into words has proven to be a lost cause.
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"Who will look for you when you're the one who disappears?"
I couldn't believe the series is finally over... I refused to believe this is over!
Plot
The last book is definitely different from the previous ones. It's more dark and ominous, capturing Pippa and the emotional toll the past two investigations have had on her. However, the twist of events is too abrupt and far-fetched, I was caught off guard by the shift in tone from book one and two's playful inquisitiveness to this novel's trauma-filled narrative. I enjoyed the first half of the book, and I am surprised that my guess for the culprit is on the beam compared to the last two books. However, the "cover-up" part that takes up the second half was a miss for me.
Characters
Pip's character is beguiling than ever. I love seeing how much Pippa had grown; from the good girl we used to see, to this morally grey character that we least expected. She's become harried, and less strait-laced as one might expect from someone with a history of becoming involved in murder investigations, yet still so identifiable that it seemed like I was on the dark, terrible ride with her.
There wasn't much I would say for Ravi since he proved to be the loveliest and the most lovable. It's so facetious how a mystery book could give me too many feelings for its character. Ravi is so caring and understanding, he was there for Pippa and continue to do so until the last book. He's just so perfect. Hands down, Boyfriend of the Year!
Ending"Hey Sarge, remember me?"
"..."
The series has ended yet it leaves me with an unsettling feeling. The odd turn between Pippa and Ravi was something uncalled for, I hated it. I am not a big fan of an open ending, though it is made known that it ends as to how we would want it to be. I was a bit disappointed that this one does not live up to my expectation.
Nevertheless, since it burst on the scene two years ago, the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series has been one of my favourites and one that I would cherish for a long time. I'd miss all these characters and all hail Ravi Singh! I'd be looking forward to the author's other books.
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OHMYY. * screams into the void and cries into her pillow at 1 am literally *
It was 1 am when i finished this while i had to get up very early the next day aka now and this was that kinda book that i just needed to finish no matter what aka the best books. But then i finished and now i am a mess crying and screaming because THAT ENDING. my HeaRT. Its so good yet so bad for my emotions and i am just a mess. i did not expect this what is this even. Rip krizzie.
This book was basically me being stressed out and having panic for Pip and then being an emotional angry snowball mess. But that means it made me feel and thats for me the most important thing in a book that it makes me feel and that was what As good as dead delivered.
5 stars
Who will look for you when you are the one that dissapears ?
This revieuw doesnt contain any big spoilers on the plot of this book or one the ones from the previous two books so it should be a safe space to enter ☪☾✩
Trigger warnings ; death scene's' , anxiety , addiction to pills , sleeping problems , PTSS.
As Good as dead Is the final book in Holly Jackson her a good girls guide to murder triology and it was one hell of a stressfull journey. It again follows our main charracter stubborn strongminded brave sarcastic Pip aka my gurl while she deals with the effects of the case and the things that happend to her in the sequel good girl bad blood. Because of these events Pip now has PTSS and gets back into the final moments of Stanley Forbes. We follow her trying to deal with the PTSS and her sleeping problem and anxiety trying to sleep and function normal with pills witch is really hurtfull to watch and made me stressed and feel so much for Pip honestly i am happy Holly included this because its important that solving cases and murders isnt all happy i mean i dont believe it is and death can leave scars and give PTSS its realistic and ugly and i love how Holly included that even tho it was very hurtfull to read. I wanted to cuddle Pip and help her the whole book. Then things appear in Pips life that indicates she gets stalked and it goes from bad to worse. Pip decides she needs to figure out who this stalker is on her own because the police doesnt believe her and feels like this is the one last case that will make her feel normal again and makes her feel good and bad again instead of morally grey. This is very stressfull and i was stressed about Pip 24/7 and screaming a lot during my read and panicking.
I am proud of myself tho because i figured out who it was pretty early and i was right * high fives myself * i never guess murderers or mystery cases. I love the plot in this book and its a perfect mix between charracter driven and Pip her struggles and the mystery plot kept me on my toes the entire time and stressed and i needed to keep reading to know answers witch is the best. I also loved how this final book really took everything that happend in the first two books together and how it wrapped everything up i wont spoil but if you read you know. I also again loved the side charracters. Pips fam is amazing and Ravi is a sarcastic kind bby. All side charracters have an important part to play in the story witch i love. The ending fucking killed me like i said i love it but hate it. Its good but UGH MY HEART HAS GONE OUT OF MY CHEST BECAUSE PAIN.
I also love the relationship between Pip And Ravii they are so pure and adorable together and m heart loves these two. Team Ravi and Pip forever ok bye now. * cries *
The charracters , the plot , the relationships , the ending it all gets 5 stars.
Overall i loved this book so much and it was an amazing final to this triology that will always be one of my fav murder mystery series. I love Pip and her story and the side charracters so much <3
I also loved the note in the end in the thankyou page from Holly.. -
oh.... my..... god!!! reading vlog coming soon!!
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Was this absolutely fucking fantastic? yes. Did I really fucking hate the ending? Also, yes. Emotionally it just felt unresolved but everything else was perfect.
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2 Stars 🌟
Unpopular Opinion probably, but I HATED it 😭😭
One of my most anticapted reads of 2021 and what a massive let down.
I don't even have words right now to describe why this just didn't work for me without spoiling the entire plot.
Brb just going to my local goodwill to donate my copy as I no longer have a use for it 😔😑 -
❝ If Pip doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears… ❞
AHHHHH AS GOOD AS DEAD omg omg omg I can't wait!!
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I honestly don't even know where to begin. This did NOT go how I thought it was going to go at all.
Pip is on the 3rd season of her podcast when she starts getting threatening anonymous messages, "Who's going to look for you when you're the one who disappears?"
Yeah, not good. Gurl, you in danger.
I immediately ruled out the person who ended up being the serial killer guy, because I thought it was way too obvious, but I was wrong. I was kind of shocked, like, really? It actually WAS him???
So. What the actual heck, that was insane.
Most of the rest of this review is spoilers-
It seriously stressed me the frick out, but this book was so good. An awesome finally to the AGGGTM series, I highly recommend the whole trilogy. -
Review in next YT vid
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Just as I suspected; exhilarating and awesome.
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well fuck me for flying through the first two books not knowing this wasn't out yet
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This is not what I was expecting at all. I feel like a few of my mutuals' reviews say everything that needs to be said: the fun, nancy drew-eqsue mysteries that made the first 2 books so great were long gone in book 3. The mystery was wrapped up in a hundred pages, and the rest of the book was just... noise.
I wanted to see more of Pip's podcast! I wanted more of our favourite side characters!
Writing was great, as expected. But unfortunately Pip's finalé fell flat. -
HARIA ABSOLUTAMENTE TODO POR PIPPA Y RAVI.
TODO. -
it’s really not like me to be such a fan of a ya thriller series (or just ya or a series in general), but i was hooked by this one as soon as i read the first book in lockdown last year, and i’ve equally enjoyed all 3 books in the series (although this one may be my favourite). ‘as good as dead’ is a lot darker than the 2 previous books, but i personally loved that because it made the book even more gripping. the book is 500+ pages and i read it in just under 2 days, so if that doesn’t tell you how enthralling it is, i don’t know what will.
this is a book that will definitely have you stressed out by some of the events and the choices made, but that’s what makes it so entertaining to read. the whole series is so intricately plotted, but this book in particular makes you question the events from the previous books as everything begins to come full circle. i usually guess plot twists or have to force myself not to so i don’t ruin it for myself, but with this i was genuinely shocked by every twist and turn. one of the most commendable aspects of this book is that you can really tell how much research the author did to make it as scientifically/forensically accurate as possible, which i very much appreciate as a true crime connoisseur.
this is definitely one of my new favourite series’, and i kind of already want to reread the whole trilogy again…..if you haven’t read these books yet, you need to pick them up asap. -
I had no idea the route this was going to take, but all I have to say is: absolutely genius.
