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A review by motherlatesha
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
hopeful
mysterious
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
3.75
This book was a nice, fun murder mystery for those who love crime shows where you’re able to follow along as the characters gather evidence and try to solve crime! The book really takes you along to the point where you figure everything out right along with the main character and shows you everything, even her case notes.
It had a lot of twists and turns but didn’t insult your intelligence by making them come of out seemingly nowhere, the author laid everything out in the table and stated from the start that everyone’s a suspect and I still wasn’t able to figure out who the murderer was before the ending.
The only things keeping me from giving this book a five star review were the characters. I feel like even the main character seemed like a background piece at times, like she didn’t have much of a personality outside of being the one asking suspects questions.
The author does remedy this by inserting scenes between the investigation of her reflecting on how much the case is affecting her and her relationship with the people around her, but some of the scenes read like the dialogue from a sitcom so it lacks a bit of depth, resulting in me not feeling really attached to any of the characters.
If you’re someone who loves books for their complex characters, you might not enjoy this book as much but if you are someone who loves a plot driven story that does not waste your time with long paragraphs droning on about nothing then this is definitely the story for you!
It had a lot of twists and turns but didn’t insult your intelligence by making them come of out seemingly nowhere, the author laid everything out in the table and stated from the start that everyone’s a suspect and I still wasn’t able to figure out who the murderer was before the ending.
The only things keeping me from giving this book a five star review were the characters. I feel like even the main character seemed like a background piece at times, like she didn’t have much of a personality outside of being the one asking suspects questions.
The author does remedy this by inserting scenes between the investigation of her reflecting on how much the case is affecting her and her relationship with the people around her, but some of the scenes read like the dialogue from a sitcom so it lacks a bit of depth, resulting in me not feeling really attached to any of the characters.
If you’re someone who loves books for their complex characters, you might not enjoy this book as much but if you are someone who loves a plot driven story that does not waste your time with long paragraphs droning on about nothing then this is definitely the story for you!
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault