Maeghuanwen t1_jeesb2s wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:19 PM

Reply to comment by madmagazines in What crime / thriller book has the most frustrating ending in your opinion? by FormerFruit

I actually hated the ending (or most of the whole book) of As Good As Dead more.

While I kind of get why it happened I somehow still think it goes agains everything we learned from the previous books. It was unsatisfactory to me and so over the top.

madmagazines t1_jeex927 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:52 PM

Is AGAD worth reading if I didn’t like the second one? I also thought the 2nd one was pretty unsatisfying generally- way too much focus on Max Hastings who I didn’t give a shit about. Of all the characters in the first book she could have developed further. Also I thought Pippa profiting off the events with her podcast was nasty and OOC for someone who seemed to strive so hard for morals in the first book. Why did she even put the Reynolds story on public blast when she could have just helped them out of the goodness of her heart lol.

Maeghuanwen t1_jeflxi4 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:33 PM

That’s a tough one… I think if you like conclusions you should read it. From a theoretical point of view the way the knowledge is put to use (I hope I’m bout spoiling anything) is brilliant and one thing that happens is nice for a certain group of people but like you said, Pippa has strong morals and a big chunk of the book goes against that.