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

176 reviews

katherinek's review

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

This was really giving me Pretty Little Liars vibes! The plot was well done and there was so much depth to it, but I wish the author would've devoted just as much energy to shaping the main characters. Most of them lacked depth for me, including Pip who just seemed like another "I'm not like other girls" type of character--that is, until the last 50 pages or so, where she became a lot more dynamic for me. The college application part of the plot fell pretty flat for me personally, as well as the "threats" she was getting, which never really seemed that important until

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Barney died...which, in my opinion, wasn't necessary.

When it comes to the writing, there were definitely some cheesy parts but also some really pretty lines

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For instance, Pip getting drugged was written so well, I felt like I was really experiencing it!

. There is a LOT of information given to you in this book, and the author helps you keep track of it with the reports and suspect list that Pip has at the end of all of them. I really appreciated the map at the beginning and I wish we could've had more visual aids like that one

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I really wanted to see the murder board that Pip and Ravi made in part three, for example

. All of this information really started to pile up for me and got so messy to the point where I kept forgetting things and getting confused, and because of that, the ending was pretty underwhelming because I was learning so much at one time and I just couldn't keep up with everything at that point.

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Also, why did Pip magically realize that it was Elliot and that he was keeping Andie in the house? In my opinion she didn't have nearly enough evidence for this and jumped to that conclusion VERY fast

Despite being kind of unrealistic, the ending was written pretty well. I liked how Pip called out the press for making Andie seem like a good person, when she was actually pretty awful.

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Also, am I the only one who was convinced that Andie was still alive and behind all of this for like 90% of the book?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, and Rape

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

lex_mags's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Sexual content, Rape, Drug use, Animal death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Violence

roniiweasley's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, Bullying, Drug use, Racial slurs, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

goldenrxses's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Animal death, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicide

lsmith19's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

I loved every second of this book!!!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Stalking, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Death

ell_porritt's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book is absolute madness it has my heart pounding, feet kicking, giggling, crying. everything. the plot twists the subtle romance moments, god im so glad i bought this book/series on a whim because i never wanted to read these, i thought they sounded crap and how wrong i was. it's so fucking good. 

the characters i lover (the good ones obvs) the whole discovering a case thing was amazing the lies hidden in it and figuring the case out yourself. amazing. and the ending i never suspected the person.

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i did think it was elliot and i was right but i never thought it was becca too. crazy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Suicide, Bullying, and Stalking

Minor: Animal death, Self harm, Body shaming, Death of parent, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

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

holliesatchell's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

mars_03's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Murder

Minor: Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Rape