#219 – As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson (with Jessica and Saunya of Opinionated Lushes)

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Tune in as Jessica and Saunya (Opinionated Lushes) hop back onto the program to review and recap As Good as Dead, the 2021 YA mystery-thriller novel by Holly Jackson that reunites us with a traumatized and determined Pippa “Pip” Fitz-Amobi as she uncovers more murderous happenings and secrets in this conclusion to the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. Continuing to read Pip as autistic-coded, the morally gray twists and turns that this book boldly pulls us through, cops being able to legally lie to you, and whether or not headless stick figures are all that creepy emerge as a few of the talking points for this episode.

TW: Death, murder, PTSD, rape (in the past), stalking, drug use, drug abuse, misogyny, gun violence (in the past), animal death (in the past), child death (in the past), pedophilia (in the past), fire, and vomit

Spoilers start at 18:15

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Good Word:

• Saunya: Murderbot (which was adapted from The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells)

• Jessica: Date Everything!

• Arthur: Constance by Matthew FitzSimmons and Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

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