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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

117 reviews

lacysribbons's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

teddy_books'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? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Self harm, Vomit, and Death of parent

ellarae0111's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hiraeth_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I don't think I've read this kind of YA Thriller Mystery before or at least not in the last 10 years. And while I do think I don't exactly fall into the main target group of this story, I did enjoy it a lot. Here and there the sarcastic banter was a bit cringe to me but then again I'm not a teenager anymore lol. I liked Pippa and her determined personality but I also think some things were over the top - like the reference to the title when she asked herself if she still was a good girl after "everything she'd done". girl - be so fr right 😭 that for example felt very forced and kind of pathetic. 

Otherwise I enjoyed her and Ravis relationship and that the author didn't really focus on explicitly telling us how Pippa felt. That too would've probably felt a bit forced bc it was quite clear they were gonna end up together in the beginning. 

Another thing I think was done quite well were the complex family dynamics - as far as it gets when the POV is the mind of a teenage girl occupied with solving a crime and homework. Pips reflections about that felt authentic and age appropriate. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racism, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and Toxic friendship

miel106's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

seraphine_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

Detective stories aren’t my genre. But this thing was incredible!!! I wasn’t sure about the format and as I said even the genre when I started but it was on our book club challenge. It took a little time but the way this story GRABBED me by the neck and didn’t let go was unreal! I stayed up till 2 am listening to it and had it on 1,75 speed just cause I couldn’t bare to not know what happened next faster!! Seriously even if this isn’t what you usually go for give it a try. This book might’ve convinced me to read more detectives stories! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Grief

teawitchontravel's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Personally didn't like it. Idea was good execution wasn't and characters (especially mc) were annoying and stupid.

canadawithoutthec's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, and Car accident

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Dementia, and Alcohol

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

Fun and tense mystery novel. Definitely a darker YA book with mentions of some heavy topics, all within the scope of a murder mystery. Felt inspired by the Seriel Podcast and other murder podcasts with its unique writing techniques. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

seven_land's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racism, Rape, and Murder