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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

129 reviews

kayleejanes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

Ugh, I’m so glad I finally read this after years of it being recommended to me! It 1000% lived up to the hype. I loved the main characters, the fun formatting of the book, the writing, the humour, and the unpredictability of the plot. There were so many moving pieces in the story, and I think the author is a genius for how she made it work out so cleanly. The only reasons it’s not a full 5 stars for me are that (a) Pip can be a bit (very) ridiculously stubborn at times, and (b) I was never pushed to the point of tears or throwing my book. I still loved it and am very happy with the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

dkamada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Raced through this, so many suspects, so many twists!
Additional trigger warning:

TW: animal kidnapping + murder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, Dementia, and Death of parent

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

torturedreadersdept's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

flyinglark's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Based purely on the feelings this book sent me, I’d give A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder a 4/5. It was exhilarating and my sleep cycle has been wrecked listening to the audiobook before bed.

Pip is such an interesting character. She can be summed up with “thinking of a dead girl is easier than thinking of myself.” The lengths she went to solve the murder of Andie Bell were wild

from blackmailing, stakeouts, and breaking into a house to impersonation. It almost became obsessive to Pip, to fill a void in her life when she wasn’t an academically inclined good girl. I like how this side of Pip was introduced right away when her supervising teacher said not to contact the families involved, and in the first chapter she is trapezing to Ravi Singh’s house. However, I had to suspend my belief at times. Pip was risking her life sometimes, going to interviews alone, the lack of oversight on the project, the accusations/confirmation biases and research ethics were thrown out the window.

I thought there would be more Ravi. Amerincanizing the book may have lost some of the cultural context. Fairview clearly didn’t have a fair view of the case. The book glossed over the racial implications too.

Overall, this book was a ride, but I need time to process more of what happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

eryn_elenath's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

sbaum99's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

family pet is kidnapped and dies

crieraylas'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? 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: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Alcohol

liciaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent