Name: ray 's review of As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
Item: As Good As Dead
Rating: 4.5
Author: ray

Holly Jackson

The third thrilling book in the bestselling, award-winning A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series

As Good As Dead

HE WAITED ONE YEAR 8 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS FOR HER 😭 NEVER HURT HIM AGAIN PLEASE RAVIPIP ♾️

Luoyi

3 minutes after the verdict was read in The Crown vs. Hastings:

Ravi was on his knees in the leaves, face hidden bawling into his hands. It hurt more than anything, to see him that way, and her chest opened up, reaching out to him, trying to drive her back.

“I suppose if you were ever involved in anything like this”, he said, after-laugh smile stroll on his face, “you’d know exactly how to get away with it.”

Until Ravi threw it on to their new river, and that small flame exploded into the inferno, high and angry. The screaming of ghosts as it melted plastic and began to twist metal. 

bro this whole section of the book was actually so crazy

He was her best thing, and now she would always be the worst thing that had happened to him. 

‘Howie Bowers. Max Hastings. Elliot Ward. Becca. This is why it all happened. Everything. Full circle.’ She added quietly. The beginning was the end and the end the beginning, and DT was both.

if they don’t end up together forever i will actually cry 

It was sudden and unexpected, the feeling that stirred in her chest, watching him. That feeling that dawdled there, took its sweet time. A slow burn. It was just an unexpected nice thing, to know that some parts of her loved inside him too. Team Ravi and Pip.

isha

You’re my Pip and I’m your Ravi. We’re a team.

Annika McClintock

Two monsters and a ring of dead and dead-eyed girls of their making.

Disappearing wasn't mysterious, it wasn't thrilling; it was cold bodies with stiff limbs and purpling patches as the blood inside pooled

alexys <3

She closed her eyes and made a new silent promise to him, because he had chosen her and she had chosen him: they were going to get away with it. 

Alone, even though Ravi was right here. Her thoughts in his voice. Her lifeline. Her cornerstone.

Ravi already knew all that, he'd been there for it too. "I’m staying with you, until the very end,” he promised, and Pip wanted to cry but she couldn't, her eyes were force ed shut. “You wont be alone, Pip."

“Who will visit you when you’re in a cage?” she asked. 

 "It's scary, to know that someone might want to hurt you, or make you scared. You're my person. My little one. My Sarge. And I'm supposed to protect you."

Pip could feel Ravi's arm tensing against hers. He hated confrontation, hated it, and even so, Pip knew he would go to war for her if she ever asked. 

Vanessa

Who will look for you when you're the one who disappears?

Neyla Sadoom 

The third thrilling book in the bestselling, award-winning A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series.

Reagan

"..Don't be like that." [He] said, the words too careful and too soft.

WHAT I MEAN YES QUEEN BUT WHAT THE FUCKKKKK

Anika P

 “Pip throws him out into the road in front of the too-big lorry and he explodes, raining red down on her as she stands there, smiling.”

The highly anticipated finale to the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series, the instant New York Times bestsellers that read like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end of this mystery series, you'll never think of good girls the same way again... 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. . .

The Finale to a Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Crying... Tears streaming down my face...

3 minutes after the verdict was read in The Crown vs. Max Hastings:

Ik hou van Pip en Ravi. Maar ik haat ze ook want ik zit al 100 bladzijdes te huilen

"I love you," she saud to the empty phone, because she never wanted there to be a last time again.

ray 

the best open wnding out there periodt, pipravi pave the way

Mharie

Jessica

OUTSTANDING!!! The ending is like no other (spoiler alert) I would’ve never thought that pip would kill someone!! I love how pip and ravi work together to solve cases throughout the whole trilogy-Holly Jackson’s books are SO heartwarming and I would DEFINITELY recommend to read them.

Evie ruby bevan

The beginning was super slow, but halfway through I could not put it down. 

The ending, I needed more pages than that 😭. 

Elin Hakvoort

The beginning was super slow, but halfway through I could not put it down. 

The ending, I needed more pages than that 😭. 

The highly anticipated, edge-of-your-seat conclusion to the addictive A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series that reads like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end, you'll never think the same of good girls again. Pip's good girl days are long behind her. After solving two murder cases and garnering internet fame from her crime podcast, she's seen a lot. But she's still blindsided when it starts to feel like someone is watching her. It's small things at first. A USB stick with footage recording her and the same anonymous source always asking her: who will look for you when you're the one who disappears? It could be a harmless fan, but her gut is telling her danger is lurking. When Pip starts to find connections between her possible stalker and a local serial killer, Pip knows that there is only one choice: find the person threatening her town including herself--or be as good as dead. Because maybe someone has been watching her all along...

ang 

Laure Decaluwé

H O L Y S H I T 

D I D N O T E X P E C T T H A T

This book took a turn I wasn’t expecting & the ending left me 🤯. I loved this series. 

Edna Aviles

"Who will look for you when you're the one who disappears?"

What a ride! I'll admit that despite being so disappointed in Pip, I enjoyed the thrill of this third book. There's so many lessons to pick up, especially on the last few pages; to never take anything for granted, that's one. 

I just couldn't fathom how an eighteen-year-old girl could be so clever at getting away with murder. I also dislike how Pip turned out to be. I can remember how I mentioned after reading the second book that Pip is changing and that the change is not for the better. And now, everything is here. The results of her wrong decisions. While I understand how desperation can get the best of you, it will never be right to set someone up for a murder that they never committed. Yes, Max sexually abused women, but murder is another crime. 

"One foot in front of the other." That's one of Pip's mottos, but would she be able to experience the normalcy of her life ever again? Just like she said, she's like a ticking bomb. And even though she chose to protect the people she loves by not giving them the idea of what she's getting them into, she still dragged them into something that they had no idea about, and I think it will haunt them until the very end. Will "team Ravi and Pip" have their normal relationship and life back?

All in all, I liked the book. I decided to read the third book of the AGGGTM series before August since the series will be available on Netflix by then. I just wanted to have a fresher memory of Rav and Pip 🫡

Kath

"Who will look for you when you're the one who disappears?"

What a ride! I'll admit that despite being so disappointed in Pip, I enjoyed the thrill of this third book. There's so many lessons to pick up, especially on the last few pages; to never take anything for granted, that's one. 

I just couldn't fathom how an eighteen-year-old girl could be so clever at getting away with murder. I also dislike how Pip turned out to be. I can remember how I mentioned after reading the second book that Pip is changing and that the change is not for the better. And now, everything is here. The results of her wrong decisions. While I understand how desperation can get the best of you, it will never be right to set someone up for a murder that they never committed. Yes, Max sexually abused women, but murder is another crime. 

"One foot in front of the other." That's one of Pip's mottos, but would she be able to experience the normalcy of her life ever again? Just like she said, she's like a ticking bomb. And even though she chose to protect the people she loves by not giving them the idea of what she's getting them into, she still dragged them into something that they had no idea about, and I think it will haunt them until the very end. Will "team Ravi and Pip" have their normal relationship and life back?

All in all, I liked the book. I decided to read the third book of the AGGGTM series before August since the series will be available on Netflix by then. I just wanted to have a fresher memory of Rav and Pip 🫡

** spoiler alert **
           "Three different stories, but one interconnected knot. And in the centre of that writhing knot, grinning at her from the dark, was DT."

this was really a full circle. damn what a series. having read this i now think i can getaway with murder 😭😭 i have no ravi and im no pip anyway so maybe not lol.

felt sick and cried a lot reading all three books. holly jackson, the author that you are! team ravi and pip forever <3

Jennifer Gosnell

** spoiler alert **
           Wowowow this was a wild ride. I didn’t expect this one to take the path that it did… but it was very interesting! 

(view spoiler)[ I will say, though, that the reveal of who the DT Killer was was not at all a surprise. I pretty much knew from the mention of his company name… and then Andie’s email was a dead giveaway.  (hide spoiler)]

But overall… I was very sucked in to this story and I thought the portrayal of Pip’s trauma was well done. Kind of sad the series is over, but what a conclusion!!!

Nala

** spoiler alert **
           Omg I loved this so much. Pip's friends really helped her without hesitation, it made me sob because I love genuine friendship so much. I was soo panicking when she was trying to escape I couldn't even sit still. Oh Ravi my baby is soo darling

so, so, good! best book in the series, even. 

ellie

Smaug

Rosie Sawrey

Kaitlin Slaughter

Very upset with the plot twist, just completely out of character

Yeah, I understand now. Like what the hell happened in this book? The first half this is the AGGGTM series I know and love but when that 50% mark hit it was like a whole new book. How to we go from that plot and character building to literally scrap it in the literal snap of a second? 

This isn’t the Pip I have learned and grown to love through the series. She is very thorough in what she does and that is seen through this dumpster fire but it also didn’t have to get to this point. Granted I don’t know what I would actually do in this situation if I was in the moment but I sure as hell would not go BACK into the situation. There were such obvious plot holes that could have helped her that just felt hastily patched up later into the book that is trying to fix this ridiculous narrative. I’m sure I can go on and on about the absolute fumble this book ended up being and wish I ended with the second book even when it built for the FIRST half of this one. Honestly I’m just going to make my own ending that fits these characters and to not have them go through this travesty.

Priscilla Stanfield

Yeah, I understand now. Like what the hell happened in this book? The first half this is the AGGGTM series I know and love but when that 50% mark hit it was like a whole new book. How to we go from that plot and character building to literally scrap it in the literal snap of a second? 

This isn’t the Pip I have learned and grown to love through the series. She is very thorough in what she does and that is seen through this dumpster fire but it also didn’t have to get to this point. Granted I don’t know what I would actually do in this situation if I was in the moment but I sure as hell would not go BACK into the situation. There were such obvious plot holes that could have helped her that just felt hastily patched up later into the book that is trying to fix this ridiculous narrative. I’m sure I can go on and on about the absolute fumble this book ended up being and wish I ended with the second book even when it built for the FIRST half of this one. Honestly I’m just going to make my own ending that fits these characters and to not have them go through this travesty.

Intense and crazy; better than the first two books!

sharkie

Bria

** spoiler alert **
           I just want Pip to be okay and there was no indication that she will be. I hope she started therapy or something

Not has good as the first 2 but enjoyable nevertheless especially part 2 of the book 

Cassie 

4.5**

i can never recover how do you even recover omfg

Ellie M.

** spoiler alert **
           “Hey, Sarge, remember me?” 

Holly Jackson really knows how to play with her readers’ emotions because I was completely on edge reading this final book! This is arguably much slower-paced than the first two books in the trilogy, but I blindly went into this that there is so much to unpack. Buried secrets of the past finally came into full circle and it was so incredibly thrilling to read. Hippo Pippo really took A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (quite literally), so the ending left me so freakishly dazed. It’s such a carefully constructed story that went against all ods with both the law (if you know, you know) and my sanity. This book had the perfect touch of creepy with bittersweet ending to Team Pip and Ravi. I never thought a murder mystery book would be so exhilarating but Holly served!

Emily Wisnesky

4.5 ⭐️ definitely my favorite out of the trilogy

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