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As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

735 reviews

saumya29's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Holly Jackson did it again. This book is a masterpiece and the author is a genius.

This is the last book in the trilogy of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and it totally does justice to the high benchmarks set up by the other two books.
It has been so intricately plotted, everything connects to everything. So many things and major plot points are connected to the first book. You can really tell that the author put a lot of planning and thought into creating this trilogy. Her writing is detailed and she makes the reader feel what she wants them to feel.
Pip Fitz Amobi has to be the best protagonist in a thriller novel. I love her character so much. Her struggle in this novel after the events of the last book Good Girl, Bad Blood has been depicted such that it breaks your heart. Part 1 of the book mostly deals with her struggle and how she is coping up with her mental health and a potential stalker.
But, Part 2 is where the real tension and adrenaline rush starts. You are kept on the edge of your seat, as you worry about Pip and Ravi and think about everything that could go wrong as they try to

cover up the murder Pip committed.

The tension building is masterful. I flew through Part 2 in a few hours because I could not handle the tension of what would happen to Pip as she deals with such a huge mess.

A very large chunk of Part 2 is dedicated to

covering up the murder, creating alibis, building up the murder case against someone else (who is anyways trash) , and just trying to survive.

This part is fast paced and all the events happening do not leave a breathing space for the reader but its all okay.
The only thing that fell flat for me was the stalker revelation at the end of Part 1. I mean, I could see it coming from a mile away, there were so many red flags and anyone who has read enough thriller books would see it. Even if you've not read enough thrillers, if you just read the part of

Andie's letter carefully

, you would come to the same conclusion as I did.
The other only thing I would have liked to know at the end of the book was whether Pip recovers her mental health. It is implied a little, that she is probably recovering but a more explicit indication would have been appreciated.
This review cannot end without Ravi appreciation.

I just love, love, love how he loves Pip unconditionally, trusts her, believes her and supports her in all she does. I mean who goes to the extent of

covering up a bloody murder

for someone. Let me tell you the answer- Ravi does. He is just the most amazing boyfriend one could ask for. He truly loves Pip and it all shows in his actions. Vice versa for Pip. She too does truly care for him.

I hope we get an epilouge or something or anything, which tells us that they got married and lived on happily ever after. Sigh.

She wanted to go back. SHe wanted to run to him, fall into him, be Team Ravi and Pip and nothing more. Tell him she loved him in all the secret ways they had, hear him speak all those names he had for her in his butter-soft voice.

So everyone, READ THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW.
You are going to love this book, irrespective of the genres you read. You cannot afford to give this masterpiece of a book a miss.
Just have an open mind.

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cedmnds's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sooooooo good i loved it so much !!!! super duper tense and very stressful i could not put it down . a very different plot to the other two books which was very surprising !

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swillo's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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 loved the ending to this triology - the whole thing is totally worth reading

‘did you miss me, sarge?’ AHHHGHG i love ravi i’ll miss him

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julieviiii's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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maisie_readss's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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loandbeholdx's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

As Good As Dead is the third book in the A Good Girls Guide To Murder series, and I was SO excited to read it. I really loved the previous two books, and the short story, so I had very high hopes for this.
I found this book, however, to be a little but disappointing, as I guessed right away who the DT Killer was, and thought the signs leading up to it seemed obvious. I was also put off by how Pip reacted and responded to a certain situation, as it seemed extremely out of character for her, especially considering we have gotten to know her so well with the two previous books.
However, if this was a standalone, I would of loved it. And I would highly recommend this series to anyone who enjoys reading YA and loves listening to true crime podcasts.

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gamora_zen1's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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abbysabyss's review against another edition

4.75

dark 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

"you're my pip and i'm your ravi. we're a team."

first off, i want to say that this takes a really dark turn. like, really. the others are classed as young adult, but you need to go into this one with a different head. that's the nicest way of saying this without any spoilers.
spoiler free review:
pip is still haunted by the death of child brunswick, but now a new case is on the scene. she believes she has a stalker, and the police won't help. i'm not surprised, really. police don't tend to take any of this seriously, which i think was portrayed very well through this. i also love the interviews pip does, the pictures, the emails like in the previous books - they really add to the story and i'm so glad the author decided to continue with this and add them in too.
favourite parts

i think ravi is one of my book boyfriends. like, i absolutely ADORE their relationship
pip's relationship with her friends and family. i love that she doesn't push them away
the ties to the previous books. things that would've gone insignificant when i read the first book back in 2018. that's the work and thinking of a clever author, i loved it
the second half. my heart was racing so much it honestly felt like i was running a marathon alongside pip. i wanted to scream from frustration at times because of it

least favourite parts

the whole "twist". i'm not sure whether pip's actions are good are not, that's up for you to decide. i think and did think about it for a while, that there were plenty of ways for that to have played out. she had enough evidence for it to work, although on the other hand i also very much liked that she got *that* person in prison because he absolutely deserved to go. i just don't know if her actions were ... admirable? i loved reading it don't get me wrong, and i think the ending was good, it made me smile and it made me cry.

overall, i think this series has been one of my favourites. it's a totally unpredictable and heart-racing murder mystery, and everybody should read it.

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