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dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
that was a wild ride man. but honestly it was absolutely incredible, got a bit creepy towards the end to the point where i had to put the book down and do something else instead of reading at night. had me worried sick for pip all throughout the book, and the ending i almost cried at.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Rape, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I did not expect all those plot twists! I LOVED every part of this book (as with AGGGTM and GGBB). I do have to say though, this book was the hardest to read. Especially in the middle when everything was unfolding and Pip and Ravi were covering up the crime. I had to breathe because I could imagine the scenes — how they handled Jason Bell's body, the blood, everything. Also near the end, when Pip was saying good bye to Ravi. Who knew Pip would go from doing her EPQ to solving murder cases to committing a crime to getting away with it? I also really liked the ending. I mean, I somehow knew that Max Hastings would be sentenced to prison, but there's also a part of me thinking that DI Hawkins arresting Pip would be part of the plot twist. I don't really tolerate what Pip did, but there's a part of me that's glad that she wasn't arrested. Also, that "Hey, Sarge" had me (silently) screaming
Looking forward to reading more books from Holly Jackson!
Looking forward to reading more books from Holly Jackson!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have many, many, MANY thoughts. This book challenged everything, and I see in the reviews that not everyone has gotten the point.
So here we go. After two intense cases, Pippa is thrown into her most personal case yet. Her own. A stalker is closing in, and Pip knows if she can't solve this case, she'll be the one who disappears. And who will look for her then?
Very quickly, it is clear that even though she's been correct in both cases she's solved, the police still have no trouble not believing her. Like they didn't believe Naomi or Nat. Like they wouldn't have believed Andie. And Pip, whose believe in the absolute truth and justice had driven her to take on the case of Sal Singh and Jamie Reynolds, sees justice and truth fail. This is the book with consequences. Consequences for the things Pip did, witnessed, lived through. Pip suffers from PTSD, and her doctor, another man, failed her. And so Pip deals with it in a way that is both stupid and unhealthy, and also absolutely understandable.
In part 1, there is an absolute message. A message a lot of people seemed to have missed, even though Pippa hit us over the head with it. The stalker and femicide statistic. The way women aren't believed. The way they are written off as 'emotional' and 'paranoid'. And then people are shocked when women are murdered. Or when they don't come forward. This is extremely important. This is perhaps the most important part of this book: everything in this trilogy happened, because society doesn't believe women. Society will always believe men over women. Even Andie's death and Sal's murder happened because nobody believed women. And even worse: women know. We know you don't believe us. So we don't step forward. Or when we do, we know we increase our chances of being murdered, raped, or kidnapped, or all at once. At all times, we are aware of this. And this book shows what happens in the worst case scenarios.
Something else the reviewers do. Something that made me so irrationally angry, I couldn't sleep for an hour. I've read this sentence a lot: "This is not the Pip I know and love from the past 2 books!" My blood boils just writing it down. Because this is what happens so often, when female characters have character development. If Pip was a white man, nobody would've batted an eye at her choices. Not to say that they would have approved of the choices. But I am 100% sure that if Pip had been a white man, these reviewers would have been so understanding.
Because Pip has PTSD. And I challenge everyone to be traumatized and still remain your happy, energetic and optimistic self. That's not how it works. Especially if you don't get the proper help. You will never go back to who you used to be. Even if the therapy helps. Even if you get better. You will never go back. Trauma is something that is soothed, something you grow around, not something that disappears. If Pip had been a white man, everyone would have understood that. The standard this society sets for women is so high, and the bar we set for men is on the fucking floor. And suddenly, when a woman DARES to have character development, we don't want it. We want women to always be perfect. To remain who she was, even through 3 incredibly traumatic events. Even when we forgive men for not remaining the same. The book does an incredible job in explaining the problems women face in the world. It directly critiques society and still reviewers seem happy to ignore it.
But I'm not ignoring it. I can't. Because I see it happen every day. Society doesn't believe us. And what happened to Nat, Becca, Andie, Naomi and Pip, might happen to any of the women I know. Might happen to me.
I loved this book. I've never enjoyed a third installment of a book that got darker. But I did now.
Funnily enough, I still think this book is the weakest when it comes to the case Pip solves in the first half. Because I solved it. Very quickly, very easily. But I think it's also because we're supposed to see it, supposed to watch Pip miss it, because she's not coping. Either she's exhausted or under the influence. People called her stupid in the reviews. I call her traumatized. I dare anyone to see the obvious when your brain has literally been altered.
I really hope there's a fourth book coming, maybe just a short story like the #0.5, to see where Pip and Ravi end up at the end. It would really help me deal with the rollercoaster of a part 2!
So here we go. After two intense cases, Pippa is thrown into her most personal case yet. Her own. A stalker is closing in, and Pip knows if she can't solve this case, she'll be the one who disappears. And who will look for her then?
Very quickly, it is clear that even though she's been correct in both cases she's solved, the police still have no trouble not believing her. Like they didn't believe Naomi or Nat. Like they wouldn't have believed Andie. And Pip, whose believe in the absolute truth and justice had driven her to take on the case of Sal Singh and Jamie Reynolds, sees justice and truth fail. This is the book with consequences. Consequences for the things Pip did, witnessed, lived through. Pip suffers from PTSD, and her doctor, another man, failed her. And so Pip deals with it in a way that is both stupid and unhealthy, and also absolutely understandable.
In part 1, there is an absolute message. A message a lot of people seemed to have missed, even though Pippa hit us over the head with it. The stalker and femicide statistic. The way women aren't believed. The way they are written off as 'emotional' and 'paranoid'. And then people are shocked when women are murdered. Or when they don't come forward. This is extremely important. This is perhaps the most important part of this book: everything in this trilogy happened, because society doesn't believe women. Society will always believe men over women. Even Andie's death and Sal's murder happened because nobody believed women. And even worse: women know. We know you don't believe us. So we don't step forward. Or when we do, we know we increase our chances of being murdered, raped, or kidnapped, or all at once. At all times, we are aware of this. And this book shows what happens in the worst case scenarios.
Something else the reviewers do. Something that made me so irrationally angry, I couldn't sleep for an hour. I've read this sentence a lot: "This is not the Pip I know and love from the past 2 books!" My blood boils just writing it down. Because this is what happens so often, when female characters have character development. If Pip was a white man, nobody would've batted an eye at her choices. Not to say that they would have approved of the choices. But I am 100% sure that if Pip had been a white man, these reviewers would have been so understanding.
Because Pip has PTSD. And I challenge everyone to be traumatized and still remain your happy, energetic and optimistic self. That's not how it works. Especially if you don't get the proper help. You will never go back to who you used to be. Even if the therapy helps. Even if you get better. You will never go back. Trauma is something that is soothed, something you grow around, not something that disappears. If Pip had been a white man, everyone would have understood that. The standard this society sets for women is so high, and the bar we set for men is on the fucking floor. And suddenly, when a woman DARES to have character development, we don't want it. We want women to always be perfect. To remain who she was, even through 3 incredibly traumatic events. Even when we forgive men for not remaining the same. The book does an incredible job in explaining the problems women face in the world. It directly critiques society and still reviewers seem happy to ignore it.
But I'm not ignoring it. I can't. Because I see it happen every day. Society doesn't believe us. And what happened to Nat, Becca, Andie, Naomi and Pip, might happen to any of the women I know. Might happen to me.
I loved this book. I've never enjoyed a third installment of a book that got darker. But I did now.
Funnily enough, I still think this book is the weakest when it comes to the case Pip solves in the first half. Because I solved it. Very quickly, very easily. But I think it's also because we're supposed to see it, supposed to watch Pip miss it, because she's not coping. Either she's exhausted or under the influence. People called her stupid in the reviews. I call her traumatized. I dare anyone to see the obvious when your brain has literally been altered.
I really hope there's a fourth book coming, maybe just a short story like the #0.5, to see where Pip and Ravi end up at the end. It would really help me deal with the rollercoaster of a part 2!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Rape, Blood
Minor: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury
The third installment of Holly Jackson's 'As Good As Dead' was a welcome and thrilling story that hauled me out of my reading slump and left my heart racing. This series honestly just got better and better for me with each book.
Dealing with trauma of recent events Pip, host of 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' podcast finds herself closer to the action than ever before. Now she must discover who continues to leave subtle and disarming messages before she is as good as dead herself.
While there wasn't as many photos, podcast transcripts and evidence logs I really enjoyed this darker, more mature version of the series. Pip's resourcefulness, inquisitiveness and iron clad relationships are abundantly clear but so is her vulnerability. There were many twists, turns and shocking revelations, you were well and truly in the action, it was different, detailed and unique and a real page turner, I stayed up fair too late, desperate to know where the plot was going.
Although the ending was a tad dramatic, I'm sad that this series has drawn to a close many loose ends were tied in the name of justice, I really want to know what becomes of Pip in the future so hoping we eventually get a reprise of her. But a Netflix series would satisfy the hunger for more in the mean time. If you love a thriller and a strong, stubborn protagonist I highly recommend this series.
Dealing with trauma of recent events Pip, host of 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' podcast finds herself closer to the action than ever before. Now she must discover who continues to leave subtle and disarming messages before she is as good as dead herself.
While there wasn't as many photos, podcast transcripts and evidence logs I really enjoyed this darker, more mature version of the series. Pip's resourcefulness, inquisitiveness and iron clad relationships are abundantly clear but so is her vulnerability. There were many twists, turns and shocking revelations, you were well and truly in the action, it was different, detailed and unique and a real page turner, I stayed up fair too late, desperate to know where the plot was going.
Although the ending was a tad dramatic, I'm sad that this series has drawn to a close many loose ends were tied in the name of justice, I really want to know what becomes of Pip in the future so hoping we eventually get a reprise of her. But a Netflix series would satisfy the hunger for more in the mean time. If you love a thriller and a strong, stubborn protagonist I highly recommend this series.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
adventurous
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
I did not think this series could continue in a meaningful way, I'll be honest. The second book was great, but certainly had a dip in quality compared to the first book, so I was expecting the third installment to be even worse. I was mistaken to the most severe definition of the word. Pip is an amazing character whose arc fully rounds out in a way both expected and unexpected from the moment you first pick up the series. Jackson artfully interconnected every character's plot line in this story in an almost incomprehensible way. I swear she must have had the entire series mapped out from the beginning, it is crafted that masterfully. I have to wake up at 3:30 in the morning but at this point I don't care. I picked up this book at 10:30 and could not put it down for the life of me. From the second I read that Pip had turned back to face Jason Bell my heart dropped. I stared at the book in my hands, too in shock to comprehend that I was holding it open to the middle. Meaning Pip's story was far from over. After that point I was pulled in every direction, I felt my heart beat against my ribs as if I were Pip herself. I just have to applaud Holly Jackson. I am in awe.
Ranking of the books: As Good As Dead, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Good Girl Bad Blood
Song:
Ranking of the books: As Good As Dead, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Good Girl Bad Blood
Song:
- Power & Control - Marina and The Diamonds
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Rape
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
I feel like I am dying, it's probably because I have been crying for the past 2 hours while my heart has been breaking.
This is one of the darkest books I've ever read and also the best book. It was so good and having the main twist exactly the middle of the book made it stand out from the other murder mystery books and I think this is one of the greatest series ever written. A Good Girl's Guide To Murder could not have had a better ending. It wasn't perfect but neither is Pip.
I've already been raving about this series since the day I completed the first book, but I'm pretty sure now that I've felt all these emotions that I can't define, I am never going to shut up about how absolutely gorgeous and amazing this series is and how beautiful Holly Jackson's writing is.
This is one of the darkest books I've ever read and also the best book. It was so good and having the main twist exactly the middle of the book made it stand out from the other murder mystery books and I think this is one of the greatest series ever written. A Good Girl's Guide To Murder could not have had a better ending. It wasn't perfect but neither is Pip.
I've already been raving about this series since the day I completed the first book, but I'm pretty sure now that I've felt all these emotions that I can't define, I am never going to shut up about how absolutely gorgeous and amazing this series is and how beautiful Holly Jackson's writing is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape
Minor: Police brutality
adventurous
challenging
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Stalking
Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Alcohol
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I managed to guess who it was for this book!! I think I guessed around chapter 17/18. This book was definitely darker than the others but I think it tied up the series really well. I don’t feel like there was any loose ends and liked how many details or throwaway lines from previous books were included as the main clues to who it ended up being.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail