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

7 reviews

serendiptii's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ 

I’ll admit I wasn’t too thrilled going into this considering I don’t read too many YA stuff. I seemed to have weaned off it somewhere along the way. But this book really surprised me. This was in a sweet spot somewhere between YA and Adult, which was really what I needed after reading a ton of adult thrillers. 

I was turning pages faster than I was reading them and barely getting anything else done. Whenever I had to peel my eyes away from the book, I found myself thinking of every character in the book as a suspect and the motive they had. 

I loved the cutesy whatever thing going on between Pip and Ravi, it was so sweet and innocent and adorable. 

The repetition of facts a bit annoying; no one wants to read the transcript and then a paragraph under it summarizing what it said. I found it made the book rather longer. I guess it makes sense since it is for an audience that requires 

The ending was spun smartly and it was so layered that you can’t help but marvel at the author’s train of thoughts. I was however stunned by a certain death in the book; really wish the author said “haha JK!” in the end or something. 😕 

But overall, I really did enjoy this book and I can’t wait to devour the rest of the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Trafficking, Suicide, Car accident, Cancer, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Death, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Drug use, Death of parent, and Child death

honeybunchesofoats06's review against another edition

mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

harmonygracie's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Drug use, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, Bullying, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Grief, Blood, and Stalking

heyitsmica's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

So so good oh my god it's so worth the read, I finished it in 2 days and I loved it, especially the end, please read this! It's awesome with a good ending too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Gore, and Adult/minor relationship

ioanaaa's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, and Trafficking

ieryka_magic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Car accident, Cancer, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

kelly_e's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Title: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Author: Holly Jackson
Series: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
Genre: Young Adult Mystery
Rating: 3.75 
Pub Date: May 2 2019

T H R E E • W O R D S

Mysterious • Quick • Entertaining

📖 S Y N O P S I S

The whole town of Fairview believes Sal Singh killed his girlfriend Andie Bell, and then himself, five years earlier. Pippa doesn't, and she decides to reexamine the local closed case for her senior project. As she begins digging, it becomes evident someone clearly doesn't want her trudging up the past. But who?

💭 T H O U G H T S

Young adult is typically not my thing, but I must say I enjoyed the quick-paced A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. From the very beginning, it was a page turner, where I wanted to figure out whodunit. The formatting, makes this book truly unique, and I felt as though I was helping to solve the case. Holly Jackson does a good job at constructing a plotline without making the culprit obvious, but at times the plot also seemed unrealistic (typical in YA), so I kept reminding myself to push beyond. It is also repetitive at different points and the cast of characters is large, that I sometimes got confused about the suspects. I could see this being turned into a movie, and feel as though it was written in a way where it easily could be. Pip is a strong and brave character determined to seek justice, and her relationship with Ravi took a backseat to solving the crime. In conclusion, I liked it but I didn't love it. I think I'll be reading the sequel at some point, but am also not rushing out to pick it up.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• Fans of Pretty Little Liars
• Infrequent readers
• those who enjoy a good whodunit

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"But sometimes remembering isn't for yourself; sometimes you do it just to make someone else smile."

"If a villain can be made, then be can be unmade." 

Spoiler

"'And though this story does have its monsters, I've found that it is not one that can be so easily divided into the good and the bad. In the end this was a story about people and their different shades of desperation, crashing up against each other. But there was one person who was good until the very end. And his name was Sal Singh.'"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Murder, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Trafficking

Moderate: Bullying and Eating disorder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

⚠️ CW: suffocation, discrimination, drug trafficking, hit and run