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I was surprised by the dark turn this installment took, but it was a good finale to the series. It was my least favorite though.

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Pip and Ravi solve another crime while trying to figure out who is stalking Pip. This one was very slow to get started (Pip's PTSD was the theme of the first 1/2 of the book) - and the conclusion, while an interesting twist, was a hard sell.
Book 1 very good, book 2 good, book 3 so-so, next up Kill Joy (prequel) to finish the series.
First book finished for February #BookSpinBingo
Book 3/4 for #SeriesLove2024
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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe - thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

1. take my watch off as soon as I get home from work - only wear a watch on work days
2. must sleep with blanket on (no matter the season)
3. I sing insults (people don't take it so badly) - imagine singing this to someone “you're an idiot“ - not so bad is it🤣

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At first I had a hard time with this book. The beginning was good and then the middle was a little slow. Once I started to read it again I was hooked! If I had just read a few more pages I would have hit the best plot twist and been entranced once again. And let‘s just say, I need more Ravi and Pippa!!!

It hurt to even think of it, to know what it meant for her and the life she‘d never live.
She had to confess
-AGAD

The finale! I had no idea which way this dark story would go. Pip is haunted by her last investigation, having received threats and seeing things outside her house, she starts to look into possible links with a convicted killer. Full of twists and turns, she digs deeper, everything is not as it seems. Will Pip solve the case, become the case herself or is it too late?
A great way to end this series. Looking forward to the tv adaptation next year!

It‘s #20in4 #Readathon wrap up time!

My goals:
✔️ 22 chapters of As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
❌ 2 chapters of Bitch - 1 chapter read
❌ 2 chapters of All Boys Aren‘t Blue by George M. Johnson - 0 chapters read
🟰 23/26 chapters in 20

Thank you for hosting @Andrew65 !

Shout out to today‘s #scarathonphotochallenge being #death/dead so that I actually remember there is a 3rd book in a series both I, and my daughter, enjoy. 🤣 #day3 #TeamCreepinItReal #scarathon

Just finished in time to count for the #SummerEndReadathon. This was a surprising conclusion to The Good Girl‘s Guide to Murder series. If you liked the other books in the series Pip and Ravi won‘t disappoint you.
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✔️ Also met a #20in4 #Readathon goal - read 22 chapters

📸 Photo taken in Canaan, CT a few weeks ago

Does this mean it‘s Fall (as I pass aisle full of pumpkin spice products)? 🎃

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#tlt

1: Friends: how you doin? 🤣.
2. The Office: (us version). That‘s what she said. 🤣
3: Jana Deleon‘s Miss Fortune series. “I Gertied”. I want to be Gertie when I get older. And carry dynamite in my purse. 🤣

Guess I need to finish the series before this.
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https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/a-good-girls-guide-to-murder-cast-pip-ravi-...

I liked this series a lot, but didn‘t care too much for this one. It had me yelling at it……what‘s wrong w you children lol! I didn‘t hate it but it wasn‘t the best ending they could have had.

Absolutely shocking and great final book. Lost for words.

And I‘ve finished the series. This took a turn I wasn‘t expecting halfway in. Although I was right about who the killer turned out to be. The ending just left me hanging but I have a feeling how it went.

And I‘m about to start the final book.

This book is just as good as the first two. I felt it was a little more obvious who the killer was in this one, because the first two books really match him with the profile. However, I didn‘t see the twist coming in the middle. Somehow the author was able to make this murder a question of justice as well. All the books live in the grey parts of right and wrong. Which I think make this series standout and stay with you.It has great characters too!

I enjoyed this one, like the 2nd book it gets progressively darker as you go along.

I listened to the audiobook via Audible.

Read for reading challenges.

4.5/5

This was such a disappointment compared to the other 2 books. I honestly just wanted it to end. I understand how unlikely the scenario of the first 2 books is, but the 3rd went past ludicrous. At least in the first 2, Pip was believably intelligent…she somehow lost all common sense in this one. Bummer, dude.

I‘m not done yet, but I‘m frustrated. I am fully aware that this series is far fetched, but Pip has always been clever. In this one, it was very obvious who the killer was, and she somehow missed it…and she continues to make completely ridiculous decisions. I needed a quick vent, because I am very frustrated. Rant over.

I was going to read a different book, but I might as well just keep the ball rolling, huh?

5/5 ⭐

Loved the final book in the series. An other fun mystery to solve with Ravi and Pip.

Currently reading. I love that series. 📚☃️

Book 3 in the Good Girls Guide to Murder did not go the way I expected. I'm not disappointed exactly, but I am also not entirely satisfied with the turn of events. I wouldn't say I regret reading the series, though. #06-2023

I loved this series! I can't seem to find an answer, if there will be a fourth book? The ending certainly leaves me wanting. And, even though Pip is no longer a "good" girl, I still love her character. If you haven't read A Good Girl's Guide to Murder yet, you simply must.

Holly Jackson‘s masterful use of direct and indirect foreshadowing produces a suspenseful story that asks the reader to check themselves about how they can be a better citizen in their community.

This was the book I least like in the trilogy. Clever, but a bit too much drama.
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#mystery #thriller #crime #murdermystery

2.0 ⭐️ How can I describe Pippa‘s character arc- dumpster fire? She is the most frustratingly self-aggrandizing character I have ever come across. This had to be on purpose. No one is as smart as Pip, no one is as clever, no one has more expertise, she is above the law, no one is as important. Good God! I wanted to slap her.
~ A for #AutumnAtoZ
~ 1st Person Present Tense for #PromptMaze
~ Theme Read and Secret Prompt for #Scarathlon

Starting the final installment of this trilogy while sipping some mulled apple cider out of the beautiful witchy mug @tdrosebud gifted me in last year‘s Basic Witch Swap. Another item ticked on my #OctoberBucketList for #Scarathlon

What a finely crafted series this was. A circle rather than an arc, with complex characters who grew and changed, particularly the MC, stories that curved and twisted only to link back together neat as a pin. The third book, especially, had a strong creep factor that kept me reading. Pip‘s (MC) development was fascinating, and everything wrapped up in a believable-to-life sort of way. I mean, more or less. Big recommend on all three books!

I guess I knew the series had to end this way, considering the name, but it felt a bit forced and lacked some of the charm of the other two books in the series. There‘s not much of a mystery here- more of a thriller- and I missed sleuth-Pippa.

Finally completed the series. Wasn't expecting this but god. It's a lot to take in. I just really hope Ravi and Pip get their own story because really, they truly deserve a normal. Otherwise fantastic series. Although yes, I do like the first two books better. This one just was a lot. It's good. But it also really made me sad.

Finally finished the last book in the series. I sort of wish there was a disclaimer that you must read all three books to get the full story. However, this was a good #YA #mystery

An amazing finish to a great series. This book really tied in the whole series so well and it was fun seeing everything come together in the end. I really could not put this book down. 4.5/5 ⭐️

Both happy and sad that I finished this #series. Though I love the first book more than the other two, this made a perfect ending. This book is more dramatic than the other two, unpredictable. First time I read detective series based in small town. Looking forward to read such series. All suggestions are welcome 💐🥰4⭐️ for the whole series #seriesread2022 #bookspinbingo

I finished this book this morning. I had an hour to go last night and I couldn‘t stay up any longer - old person troubles. I‘m not sure I liked how it ended. Pip is so intelligent and she “knows things” that often help her navigate situations, but I worry about her future. Have you worried about characters after you‘ve closed a book. It‘s not just me, right? She was trying to break the circle, the end is the beginning. Sometimes whiney, but good.

I‘m back in the head of Pip Fitz-Amobi and I didn‘t realize how much I missed her. Same feelings, same rush, same What-will-happen-next vibe. So exciting. I‘m going to have a giant book-hangover when I‘m done! Holly Jackson, you are doing it again…

Trilogy complete! I can‘t believe I read this entire series this month. The third installment diverged from the style of the previous books and is probably my least favorite of the three, but it was still a page turner and had a satisfying resolution that neatly tied back to the beginning. I need to read something light next — I‘ve been engrossed in murder mysteries too long and looked at all the stuff in my dad‘s garage as weapons 🥴 #ya #mystery

I‘ll just say the wheels really fell off with this one. It makes a promising start in a similar way to the first two books in the series. But unfortunately the turn this story takes is both unbelievable in its detail, and untrue to the characters that have been developed over the first two books. Very disappointing.

Fantastic ending. Interesting where she took the plot.

The conclusion to Holly Jackson‘s YA thriller trilogy is a dark and unsettling affair that works as a natural progression to the earlier two books (both in terms of plot and character) but there is a disturbing message here about how police and criminal justice system failures justify turning vigilante without any real consideration of proportionality or personal responsibility and I think the book loses something because of that.

I don‘t know what to think. I liked it overall but it did take a different vibe than I thought it would that really took me out of the story a bit. Anyway, overall a “pick”

Finished this while I was in the car wash :)

#the52bookclub2022 28 Award-Winning Book

I really enjoyed the first 2 books but sadly the series took a bit of a turn and lost me. There were some plot developments I just couldn't get on board with.

When your niece makes you finish the series with her…

The reviews make me nervous because I enjoyed the other two. So...:: fingers crossed:: it is good. Will see! This is my next #AudioCommute #AudioCleaning book.

Sadly, I did not enjoy this third installment in the Good Girl‘s Guide To Murder series. Pip was a mess during most of the book, made terrible decisions and it had zero sense of wit. Not even “gallows humor”. It‘s completely overwritten with flowery language and descriptions that do nothing for the plot. There was one scene where Pip is trying to talk with a dry throat and it‘s painful to read. It just goes on and on about the dry clicking noise.

I had intentions yesterday to do All the Things. Instead, I spent the day unable to tear myself away from this. I know quite a few did not like the turn this took or the way it ended, but I did. I think it gives the overall story arc and the main character so much more complexity to talk about.

Book 3 and the end of the series and it KILLS me to say this one didn‘t measure up to the first two. Granted Pip‘s experiences will have led to a change but this was not how I saw this one ending. She was almost not likable towards the end. And I seriously didn‘t like the drug abuse thread involving Pip. #readingchallenge2022‘

Pip‘s still recovering from her last investigation, when she discovers someone threatening & stalking her. That leads her to uncover a local serial killer from years ago who‘s still at large.
I enjoyed this book more than the 2nd one, mainly b/c there was more of a connection between Pip & Ravi; I wish they had a little more towards the end. It was a good wrap up for the series. The events that took place were certainly unexpected, in a good way.