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A review by corabookworm
Kill Joy by Holly Jackson
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
A wonderful short story with a fun mystery and a great look back at AGGGTM's lovable cast of characters. I really liked the slow twisting together of clues and trying to solve the mystery along with Pip. It also did a good job of showing her get into mystery-solving, even if it didn't give her REAL motivation for the Andie Bell case like I thought it would. It was very Pip. The only negative point for me was that they kept switching between their real names and their fake character names and it confused me lol. Also Pip's answer was so good and true. Though I kind of knew it was too complicated for a murder mystery game. I liked it wayyyy better.
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, and Alcohol
The main characters play a murder mystery game that involves murder, blood, affairs, drugs, gambling, etc.. Even in the book it is all fictional, nothing happens to the main characters. In their real-world, one character drinks and they make references to a murder that happened in their town.