As Good As Dead

I wasn't sure what to expect with this one as I didn't exactly love the first one but liked enough to keep reading, and ended up mostly enjoying the second one.

While the events that transpire within this conclusion were controversial (I feel they are anyway, given the way the characters are portrayed in the first 2 books) it will make for a good buddy or book club read.

I get why Pip ends up where she does, as she has PTSD and is in a very dark place. Even so, to have the characters do a complete 180 threw me for a loop and I honestly didn't really enjoy that. It's quite unbelievable.

I sincerely appreciate the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a review copy. All opinions expressed herein are mine and mine alone.

This was on my “Read” list on Goodreads... but I have literally no recollection of finishing it. I've been wracking my brain. And I'm pretty sure I got bored and stopped reading it... which I also don't remember ever decidedly determining I would not finish it. But here we are... I think I just didn't return to it one day, and I have no desire to.

The plot is basically identical to the first book.. just with slightly different circumstances. Not my cup of tea for a series. I want to see the characters grow and have new adventures and stories.. you know, like life.

CW: PTSD, blood, mentions of sexual assault, substance abuse, kidnapping, murder, vomiting.

Okay so it's done ?????

There's so much I want to say yet I don't really know what to say. I liked how the author tied in things from the other books into this. It was brilliant how they made small details that were maybe deemed insignificant in the other books. And we're actually part of the bigger picture. But that ending was so rushed and a bit out of character for pip. I don't know how I feel about it.

Also is there going to be another book? I would love more tbh but these characters have already been through hell and back. They need a break, maybe a novella of there they are now, a vacation or something