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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

1589 reviews

chronic_listener's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

beth_s98's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book! The mystery was well paced, and the clues were all scattered in in a way that was believable. There were of course some red herrings, but all the twists made sense. I highly recommend! 

There are two different versions of this book - one published in the UK (the original) and one published in the US. While the differences aren’t huge, I do think some of the changes do affect the character of the story. I was reading along with a copy of the original text, and I felt the culture of being set in the UK made a lot of sense with some of the situations that happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

kjordan96's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was an easy read and it was fairly enjoyable. The mystery was fun and I did not guess the ending. I did find it quite unbelievable how everyone just seemed to give Pip all the information she needed - very unlikely suspects are just spilling all this information to a teenager.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ktbubs95's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Really enjoyed how this was written. And all the twists. Didn’t love the bit about the golden retriever but being an owner of one… I guess that’s to be expected. Glad they all got was coming to them. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, and Rape

pembebeyin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Pedophilia, Self harm, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

laurak483's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Kidnapping

kendal_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping

toomanytbr's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

sonjaelisee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.5

Whoever was in charge of editing out the British-isms in the US version... I do not think you succeeded. This book was so clearly British pretending to be American, it honestly took me out of the story. A lot of the dialog felt totally unnatural for Americans. And there were other clues, especially related to the police that instantly told you this was not an American story. There were also so many instances where corrections that would have been super minor  (ex. "you fancied me" could have been easily changed to "you liked me" or "you were into me") were left unedited that it ended up feeling a little lazy. I almost wished I picked up the British version instead. 

Despite that minor critique, I really enjoyed the book. I saw a few things coming but the way we got there still surprised me and I enjoyed piecing the clues together along with Pippa and figuring out how it all connected. I will be picking up the rest of the books in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, and Death of parent

fab72's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

Popolarità più che meritata, questo è da sottolineare. Ormai, in questo senso, sono diventata alquanto diffidente, pertanto mi sono avvicinata alla lettura di questo libro con un po’ di pregiudizi dovuti al fatto che praticamente chiunque lo avesse letto e ne avesse, prima o poi, parlato. Per fortuna mi sono sbagliata! La storia è molto dinamica e, soprattutto, nient’affatto scontata (anche se io, complice la mia esperienza con simili letture precedenti, ho rinunciato a scervellarmi per trovare una soluzione al mistero fondante della vicenda); anzi, va a toccare una serie di tematiche legate all’adolescenza o, in generale, a noi giovani. All’inizio non mi convinceva granché la struttura che alternava tra narrazione e diario di lavoro (se così lo posso definire), in particolare quando in quest’ultimo venivano trascritte le interviste, ridotte a mero scambio di battute tra due interlocutori. Tuttavia, col procedere incalzante delle pagine e della vicenda, ci ho fatto l’abitudine e, semmai, l’ho visto come un irrompere del punto di vista della protagonista e del suo modo di essere, pensare e agire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Suicide