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As Good As Dead

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Hi guys! I am here to review the novel “As Good As Dead” by Holly Jackson. It is book #3 and the last book in the “A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder” series. It is about Pip finding herself in one last simple case involving a serial killer. 

Warning: SPOILERS UP AHEAD! (IF YOU’VE READ IT, GREAT! BUT IF NOT THEN DON’T SCROLL UP OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO SPOIL IT FOR YOURSELF THEN GO AHEAD)

⚠️TRIGGER WARNINGS: MENTIONS OF BLOOD, KIDNAPPING, VIOLENCE, DRUGS ETC, ⚠️ 

My book review:

Book itself:

  • Love the duct tape on the book cover

Characters:

  • Pip and Ravi are everything in this book. They love each other so much. 
  • Ravi, as always, is an amazing boyfriend. He just wants to protect Pip. 
  • Pip loves Ravi so much that she doesn’t want him to go to jail or be involved in her mess. She just wants him to have a normal life. 
  • Poor Andie. She’s been through so much. Becca too. 
  • Max is evil. I felt happy when Pip drugged him for her master plan. 
  • Cara and Steph are cute. 
  • I love Pip’s friends and how they all help and support her, no questions asked, during her master plan.

Plot:

  • I knew Jason Bell was sick. I just knew it. 
  • But damn. Jason Bell as the duct tape killer. Chills. 😳
  • Pip being wrapped up in all that duct tape was terrifying. I could feel the claustrophobia creeping up on me. 
  • Pip carrying out her master plan was suspenseful. I couldn’t breathe. 
  • Reading the whole escape sequence was nerve-inducing. But I love how it was written. Ravi written as her light in the darkness was perfect. 
  • I felt bad for the mother whose son was accused and in prison for being the duct tape killer. I’m glad they were reunited at the end. 
  • I laughed when Pip thought Daniel Da Silva was the duct tape killer. Boy was she in for a shock.
  • Going from online death threats on her podcast to getting kidnapped by a serial killer to planning how to get away with murder are some big leaps. 
  • The constant death threat ‘Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears?’ is kinda poetic in a sinister way.
  • It was really satisfying reading about Pip killing Jason Bell repeatedly with a hammer 🔨.
  • Loving Ravi coming over to help Pip with disposing of Jason’s body and helping with the crime scene. 

Moments:

  • When Pip got kidnapped I was shocked. I was turning those pages. 
  • I felt bad for Josh being woken up by the stereo in the middle of the night. 
  • I really hated how Pip still felt guilty about Stanley’s death and imagining the blood every time. However, I do love how it was written. 
  • That “Hey Sarge, remember me?” text 💬. Beautiful ending. 
  • Jason killing Barney and thinking it was Becca’s dog, not Pips is cruel.
  • That scene with Pip flushing her clothes down the toilet 🚽 . So. Much. Suspense. 

Overall this was an amazing book!!

So many good, frustrating, terrifying moments!

Comment down below which part of the book was your favourite!

Also, comment below any parts, characters and plotlines I missed!

Good Girl, Bad Blood

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Hi guys! It has been a while but I am back to review the novel “Good Girl, Bad Blood” by Holly Jackson. It is book #2 in the “A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder” series. It is about Pip having a new case again, this time it’s the disappearance of Jamie Reynolds, her friend Connor Reynolds’s brother. 

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Warning: SPOILERS UP AHEAD! (IF YOU’VE READ IT, GREAT! BUT IF NOT THEN DON’T SCROLL UP OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO SPOIL IT FOR YOURSELF THEN GO AHEAD)

⚠️TRIGGER WARNINGS: MENTIONS OF BLOOD ETC, ⚠️ 

My book review:

Book itself:

  • Love the duct tape on the book cover 📕

Characters:

  • Loving the relationship between Pip and Ravi, especially the nicknames
  • DI Hawkins is a complicated character let’s say.
  • Stanley is an interesting, complex character. I wished he stayed alive at the end. 

Plot:

  • I did not expect Stanley Forbes to be Child Brunswick. That was a plot twist I didn’t see coming. 
  • Charlie Green. Another plot twist I didn’t see coming. I thought he was just Pip’s friendly neighbour. Instead, he had revenge on his mind against Stanley, which I get in a way. However, he could have gotten justice differently. 
  • It was nice reading all of Pip’s friends and family having a peaceful barbeque 🍖 at the end, even though Pip herself wasn’t feeling at peace at all. However, it was intriguing to read what was going on inside her mind 🧠 after Stanley’s death. The repeating sounds of the bullet were well described too. 

Moments:

  • The moment Charlie shot 🔫 Stanley and Pip couldn’t do anything but watch was so painful. I could feel the shock from her. 
  • Also, when she was trying to save Stanley, I was rooting for her. I wanted her to save Stanley too. I felt her pain when she couldn’t save him and he was losing a lot of blood🩸. It was torture. I hated that moment but the way it was shown was so good. 
  • I didn’t like Ant in this book. At all. It felt good reading Pip punch 🤜 Ant in the face. He deserved it. 
  • I was happy when Jamie was reunited with Connor again. 
  • I was so angry when the protesters were there at Stanley’s funeral ⚰️. I felt Pip’s anger too. It was palpable and I also wanted to come at them like Pip wanted to as well. 

Overall this was another good book! 

It was a rollercoaster 🎢 . It had moments where you were devastated, angry, happy, and every other emotion you could think of. 

Comment down below which part of the book was your favourite!

Also, comment below any parts, characters and plotlines I missed!