⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 3 stars
As Good as Death is the third and final book in the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series by Holly Jackson. We will, once again, follow Pip as she tries to investigate another case that came her way.

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Review | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 stars
Good Girl, Bad Blood Review | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 stars

I have very mixed feelings about this book and when I hoped this series would finish off with a banger, it feels like this book missed the mark a bit.

I really liked how this book started off, where we see the aftermath of what everything that happened in Good Girl, Bad Blood. I really liked how it showed what trauma can do to a person and how Pip tries to deal with everything that had happened. It painted a very accurate picture and I really appreciate how the “darker” side was shown and written. It also gave an interesting vibe/twist as Pip became a bit more of an unreliable narrator this time around.

The build-up in the first half of the book was absolutely amazing and very similar to the first two books. It was addicting to read and I had a really hard time to put the book down. You got sucked into the story and wanted to keep on reading and keep on finding out what happened. I would’ve liked a bit more of the “research” and interviews to be included, as those were parts I really enjoyed in the previous books. they weren’t as present in this one unfortunately.

I absolutely loved, loved, loved how everything was connected to so many things we already know and so many characters. This intriguing web created was not what I was expecting and it was mind blowing to read! Jaw dropping really!

And then… the story took a direction I am not a fan of. This happened around halfway through the book and the second half thus had such a different feel. It was almost like it was a completely different book suddenly and I didn’t like the vibe or the events that happened and were happening at that moment. I lost my interest a bit and my enthusiasm that was built in the first 50% really shrunk…

Spoiler

The part that bothers me the most is how Pip keeps working on solving cases and solving murders. So, it just feels wrong how she commits one and gets away with it. It just seems to undermine everything she did in the previous books

After finishing the book my stand on that didn’t really change. I liked how the characters acted and went about, but I just didn’t like the plot in the second half. I wanted the main plot of the first half to be more, as it was written for half of the book, I feel like it could’ve been written bigger and broader. The ending itself also felt rushed and incomplete to me.

With how the book seemed to have two different plots, it just didn’t seem fitting and it was really a shame that the main plotline of the first half almost seemed forgotten in the second half.

Overall, it started of really, really strong and was just like the first two books. Then halfway the book took a complete turn in a direction I am not a fan off and ending on quite a low for me. If the book extended the first half plot I really believe it would’ve been a 5 star rating.