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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

15 reviews

moonchild_cos's review

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Vomit, Dementia, Stalking, Abortion, and Alcohol

kat42's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

Loved this!!! There were good plot twists, the characters were fun, and I really liked the light romance between Pip and Ravi. I've found myself getting tired of romance that feels shoehorned into books, so this was a welcome surprise. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder was hard to put down, and I flew through it. The incorporation of mixed media was a nice touch. Really the only reason I'm taking half a star off is because

the dog dies.

I also thought

there was going to be something up with the owner of the Ivy House not having amnesia, and her grandson was Henry Hill, so I thought he was going to turn out to be HH, but I was clearly wrong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

arykalden's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense

4.5

I started this book in the afternoon and then stayed up late to finish it. The book follows Pip as she works on both a school project and looks into a murder and the surrounding mystery. The book feels like a love child of Serial and Veronica Mars. 
Pip is studious and sometimes dangerously motivated. At times  her friends feel like they exist for furthering the plot. That being said, I did enjoy the depths of the different characters. 
The story takes some great twists. It’s a bit of a mystery whack-a-mole-a-mole. Many suspects and sometimes information is revealed to be not as it was first presented. 
I also wasn’t sure that the romance element was necessary, but it was light and overall, I didn’t mind it.
Definitely recommend this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Racism, and Abortion

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Dividing books based on the age of the protagonist has always felt a bit arbitrary to me: this book is young adult, but deals with some rather heavy topics, even more so that a lot of the thrillers directed at adults. 

This is Holly Jackson’s strong debut thriller. Five years ago a schoolgirl was murdered. Everyone knows who did it, and the case is closed. Pippa chooses the case as her final-year project and starts to dig deeper to what really happened. 

The characters in this book are mostly teenagers and the adults in their lives. The characters feel well-defined and authentic with their complex problems. The main character Pippa doesn't feel especially memorable, but on the other hand this gives more room for the story. I liked the family dynamics of the main characters, they were so wholesome. 

The book is told in mixed media format: there are notes, texts and diagrams as Pippa collects evidence in an attempt to solve the case. 

I found the book to be very entertaining, relatively fast-placed and at least I couldn't predict what had really happened that night five years ago. 

If you're looking for utmost realism in your books, be warned. As some reviewers have pointed out, Pippa does get into rather dangerous situations and there seem to be no repercussions for her actions. You'd think the police might have something to say about the way she acquires information.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lana_e's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abortion

Minor: Dementia

jenn_a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Self harm, Vomit, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia and Abortion

halfass_reviewer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion

swolf1840's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Abortion

beautifulxdeformities's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I'm glad the author managed to stick the landing in the end. Throughout Pip's "investigations," I wanted to reach through my phone and shaker her for her lack of self-preservation. Talk about having protection as the main character (I missed the part where the author described Pip but am willing to bet that she's a white girl so there's that added factor of safety too). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, and Abortion

jupiter_56's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

ç’est tres amusant !  zis waz so tearjerking. Absolutely fantastique… C’était un masterpiece. Ravi and Pip were made for my home country! ( ze ville of love) 
Aldough… it was nasty, crusty, dusty, rusty and etc ;) 

- french critique 
Madame Delecoire Monet
 (oui)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Blood, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Deportation

Minor: Genocide