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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

265 reviews

melaniegrace91's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

majjgrf's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Really fun, binge read it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

flyinglark's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Based purely on the feelings this book sent me, I’d give A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder a 4/5. It was exhilarating and my sleep cycle has been wrecked listening to the audiobook before bed.

Pip is such an interesting character. She can be summed up with “thinking of a dead girl is easier than thinking of myself.” The lengths she went to solve the murder of Andie Bell were wild

from blackmailing, stakeouts, and breaking into a house to impersonation. It almost became obsessive to Pip, to fill a void in her life when she wasn’t an academically inclined good girl. I like how this side of Pip was introduced right away when her supervising teacher said not to contact the families involved, and in the first chapter she is trapezing to Ravi Singh’s house. However, I had to suspend my belief at times. Pip was risking her life sometimes, going to interviews alone, the lack of oversight on the project, the accusations/confirmation biases and research ethics were thrown out the window.

I thought there would be more Ravi. Amerincanizing the book may have lost some of the cultural context. Fairview clearly didn’t have a fair view of the case. The book glossed over the racial implications too.

Overall, this book was a ride, but I need time to process more of what happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

taranium's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

izzyreads13's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I personally thoroughly enjoyed this book. Based off of my rating scale it does not reach a 5 just because I feel as though 5’s for me are usually things I can reread and this being a mystery book doesn’t hit that mark for me. However, that does not take away from how good this book actually was.

It keeps you guessing and questioning things at every chapter  and even though I felt myself getting a little bored at the 50% mark due to no real discoveries being made I can proudly say the push to continue this book was truly worth it. The characters are lovable, the plot twists keep you on edge, there’s a bunch of “mouth wide open” moments and honestly, I really really enjoyed it. This was my first mystery book and it was more “light hearted” in the sense that the murder itself isn’t that grand, it’s not gore filled in any sense and it’s really good (imo) to ease into if you’re coming from a different genre (for me that being fantasy & romance). It opened up a new side of the book world and I’ll definitely look into the rest of the books in this trilogy.

I liked the way everything rounded out to make sense in the end, I felt as though nothing was missing, nothing left unanswered and it was a really satisfying end to a “keeping you on edge” book.

Like I previously mentioned there was a point where I wasn’t sure how I was feeling because the mystery itself didn’t seem to be going anywhere but trust when things start moving and being pieced together they really do start moving! I’d strongly recommend this book to anyone looking into wanting to stray mystery and any fans of criminal minds looking to solve a mystery because it really is one that you can follow and possibly find out on your own if you’re REALLY attentive. Either way the reveals of everything really do come together in a satisfying and fulfilling way. Overall, I couldn’t recommend this book enough, happy reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sbaum99's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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crieraylas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Alcohol

liciaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

macysvibe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

just a great book read it basically in 2 days because i was on my mission trip and read 44% to my mission site and the rest on my way home. 10/10 recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail