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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

360 reviews

frenchfry_'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

4.0

well-written YA mystery! while the mystery grew complicated, it was still an easy read for me. main character was likable and all their motivations made sense. not too far from reality, other than perhaps the fact that a high school student can have so much access to confidential crime info so easily, with enough time and resources to be fully invested in this while still in school. but it was realistic as it could be. twist was also reasonable and believable. let’s see if i get to read the next ones in this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Suicide

puddleshoes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Bullying

Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Misogyny, Fatphobia, 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

hermini's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Rape, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Animal death, Drug use, Xenophobia, and Death

Minor: Sexual harassment, Violence, Self harm, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Racism

schang's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

taliatalksbooks's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson was exciting and suspenseful throughout. I really loved the characters, and the way the plot unfolded. For me, I think I had a dash too much chaos, but it was understandable given the inexperience of our resident sleuth. A lot of the information felt like it was obtained in a very sneaky way, but ultimately I really liked it and enjoyed the way the investigation took twists and turns to reveal information. I liked the mix of writing styles between interviews, texts, transcripts, and regular prose. I think the variety added a lot to the enjoyment of the story and@made the investigation feel as real as if it had actually happened. I’m excited to see where the next book in this series leads, and that this series is getting made into a TV show soon! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Animal death, Rape, Violence, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Suicide, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Sexual assault, Child death, Dementia, and Emotional abuse

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

prittypeaches's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It was good, extremely tropey but that's not bad for a YA where it may been an introduction to the genre for some younger readers.

Spoiler

death of a family pet was an unnecessary trope, particularly in YA, in my opinion

This spoiler ruins the flow of the book for me and forced me out of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual violence

katerinamckenna's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Addiction, Racism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Child death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Drug use, and Rape