caseyfoyle 's review for:

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

4.0

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I’ve been putting off reading this book for two years because I heard that it was WAY more intense than the first two AGGGTM novels, and I was scared I wouldn’t like the ending. But blimey, this was a good book! 🤯

I liked seeing how Pip’s character evolved in this one, with the consequences of what she went through in the previous books finally catching up to her. At the same time, I loved how some characters, like Ravi and Cara, remained constant through the whole trilogy. Pip and Ravi’s interactions are so wholesome (well, excluding the obvious exception), and I love their complete willingness to have each other’s backs, no matter the cost. 🫶

The plot of this was such a whirlwind, but my favourite sequence of events happened in Part 2, when Pip and Ravi’s masterplan unfolds. Even though I got a bit tired of the phrases “full circle” and “iron clad” being used by the end, that last page was just perfect! I genuinely couldn’t have thought of a better ending for this series. I’m so glad I finally finished reading Pip’s story - only three years after I read the first book in the trilogy! 🔍