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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, by Holly Jackson

74 reviews

nv0101's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Self harm, Infidelity, Body shaming, and Child death

Minor: Abandonment and Body horror

dariana12's review

adventurous informative mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

The plot twist did leave me shocked but I just don’t think YA detective mystery murder books are for me lol. Medium paced, couldn’t connect to the characters but a well written book and I can see where the hype came from. Not too memorable and Tbh I kept reading to know the ending but I think it was worth it. There is animal death which, looking at the Goodreads reviews, is why some people gave this book a low rating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Blood, Eating disorder, Grief, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Death of parent, and Body shaming

hamstersinmypantsters's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Cursing

camillewhowrites's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Rape

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

rosem_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

Soooooooo good! Go look at my full review on goodreads

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Addiction, Murder, Suicide, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, and Drug use

sanahk's review

dark mysterious sad 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

Keeps you on the edge of your seat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Blood, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Bullying, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Death

arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.25

I absolutely LOVED this book! I went into this with low expectations because I see so many people posting about how amazing this book is, I didn't want to be let down. But this book definitely lived up to the hype! It was such a gripping y/a thriller, the characters were so interesting, and everything flowed together so smoothly. Throughout the entire book, I was creating different theories in my head as to what the ending could be and even though some parts were right, the ending was still so surprising! It was pretty diverse which is something I always look for when reviewing books. I don't have any negative thoughts about diversity. It was genuinely amazing! I think the only negative thing I have to say about the book is the similarities to other works. The TV show Pretty Little Liars has the main character Allie, and our main character Andie is exactly like her. Seems perfect until you get to know her and realize she is a bully and will do whatever she can to be popular and loved. There was one quote in this book by Andie's friend that reminded me so much of a quote from the show, it was hard to read this without thinking of it. Even then, it could be a stretch on my behalf, and the similarities are just coincidences. However, the second similarity I think is so specific that it's hard to believe it is a coincidence. SPOILER COMING          SPOILER HERE

Spoiler

The scene takes place in the book where max and his friends tell Pip about the night he and his friends hit someone with their car. They were drunk and drove home under the influence and hit a man who came out of nowhere on an empty and isolated road. They thought he was dead and decided to leave him there, with Max angrily trying to convince everyone to lie. But someone happened to see the incident and begin to blackmail them because of it. That EXACT scene happens in the movie I Know What You Did Last Summer, down to the angry guy being the most responsible, and telling everyone to cover up what they did

These similarities are so specific that I have a hard time thinking that this book was 100% the author's original idea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Drug use, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Animal death

shahdhazem's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This started off really good I was invested in the case and the author kept uncovering evidence in a very fast pace I was really enjoying it but after approximately the first 100 pages all this fell down she just crammed everything in the beginning that the rest of the book was so boring all I was thinking that I just want to know who did it and get it over with. Also I found the author really extreme in describing who andie was like how could someone be THAT bad like it was too much. Also it was a very bad idea to Involve romance in the main plot it erased the mystery vibe completely this all felt like some cheap teen drama show. The reveal of who did it at the end wasn't shocking to me I won't say I was expecting it I wasn't but still my reaction was like "okay that sucks let's move" so yeah this wasn't a good experience for me definitely an overhyped book like so much more books out there it's really getting frustrating by now how much people hype bad books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, and Alcohol

lucymae0515's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing

sam8977's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Child abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Rape, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Drug use