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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

115 reviews

irene_am's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, and Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Self harm

charlotte113's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

I LOVED IT!!! i think finishing the book in 2 days says enough, it was incredible! The plot twists Jackson manages to wiggle in were incredible, each stage of the book had an unexpected turn with unexpected outcomes, and somehow it all wound up to a lovely ending, cant recommend enough!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, and Eating disorder

lucyduller's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

If you’ve ever listened to the podcast Serial, you’ve kind of already read this book. If you’ve read the book but not listened to the podcast PLEASE DO LISTEN TO IT! It’s fantastically made and a true story! 

The premise is exactly the same; a teenager of colour has been accused of/jailed for murdering his girlfriend, and someone who believes this may not be true investigates the case. 

 

The difference is this book is fiction and tells the story of the investigator. 

I thought this book was a Young Adult, which I think it might actually be marketed as, but if that is so, I would encourage everyone to disregard that. This book is so accessible, gripping, and interesting. It doesn’t treat its reader like an idiot, there are some really challenging mental jumps it expects the reader to make. 

 

I also couldn’t have predicted the ending whatsoever, and I thought it was really great. Compared to Verity (review will be posted), the ending felt far more adult and complex, despite Verity being actually marketed towards adults! 

 

I was really scared at times, I’m not a big thriller reader, and this book tip-toed on that line for me, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. 

I think if more YA fiction was like this, more young people would want to read books, so Holly Jackson? Keep it UP!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Child death, Drug abuse, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit and Drug use

littlebellacat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Rape, Car accident, Murder, and Suicide

seagullsaga's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

3.5

I probably liked this book less than I normally would because I picked it up expecting horror and not a mystery. It was a good book, and enjoyable, just not to my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Bullying, Drug use, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

lunar_witch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Stalking, Bullying, Body shaming, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

braveprincess11's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

The ending got a little convoluted, and the time jump to the epilogue felt a bit abrupt

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Child death, Death, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Animal death, Car accident, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Kidnapping and Death of parent

Poisoning

hiraethtales's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Definitely a five star read. I loved every second of the book. The plot had me so invested and the characters were just ahhh. You won’t regret reading this.
Also Cara is just the best character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Bullying, Body shaming, Animal death, Racism, Gaslighting, Drug use, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Suicide, Stalking, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cancer, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Self harm, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

juliaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

I LOVED THIS BOOK. i wanted to read it as soon i found out they were going to make it a series, im just mad i read it this late.
anyway, the suspense is so good that you cant put the book down and i cried when her dog died

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Suicide, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Stalking

Moderate: Dementia

tallulahreads_stuff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

If you’re thinking about buying or reading this book, do it now!!!!! I regret not buying this book earlier!

The story is of Pippa Fitz-Amobi, she’s trying to solve the case of who murdered Andie Bell. Everyone in Little Kilton says it’s Sal Singh, but Pip knows that Sal wasn’t the type to do that, and she knows that it couldn’t have been him.

I first heard of this book a while back on booktok, i figured the book was probably alright and nothing special, since booktok is also very fond of Colleen Hoover (whos books i very much dislike). But just 1 chapter into the book, and I knew I was wrong! 

The book has amazing characters, you can see their unique personalities throughout the book
The story is well written and very captivating, making you feel like you’re actually in little Kilton and witnessing everything that’s happening

The thing I loved most about this book was how clever the story was. It was easy to follow, yet so many characters, details, and plot twists. You could never tell who was the murderer, or even who was good or bad. I had a suspicion of everyone while reading!!

Overall, the book is very much worth your time and money. You will not regret it.

Spoiler

Stop reading if you don’t want to be spoiled!

I found Pio and Ravi’s relationship so cute

It was so odd how Elliot was the one who killed Sal this whole time… i never really suspected him. I love books were you can’t guess the ending

Those texts and threats from Becca were so terrible… i was literally so mortified

Barneys death was hands down the worst part of the book, i know damn well that Becca did that ON PURPOSE

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Bullying, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Blood, Animal death, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Rape, and Cursing