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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

30 reviews

clynns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Pedophilia, Stalking, Drug use, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Racial slurs, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Animal death, Racism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Murder, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt

natashian's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, Blood, Self harm, Stalking, and Vomit

allydoessomereading's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

4.25

Fun and tense mystery novel. Definitely a darker YA book with mentions of some heavy topics, all within the scope of a murder mystery. Felt inspired by the Seriel Podcast and other murder podcasts with its unique writing techniques. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Stalking

Moderate: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Torture, Dementia, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Cancer, Blood, and Classism

sophs_mood_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Continuing my foray into murder mysteries I thought I would grab this as I’ve seen it all over bookstagram.  
Pippa is a senior student preparing her major project for school and of course chooses the obvious topic, the murder of a fellow student 5 years prior. 
We thus head into a Nancy Drew-esque drama as Pip does her “research” / meddling / investigation / recklessly endangers herself all to clear the name of the supposed killer (who is also deceased). 

Obviously I can’t say much more as it will give away the “who done it” but there are some great twists and false leads that keep you guessing until the end. And I did not guess correctly. 

As in many a murder mystery (on book or screen), I got extremely frustrated when Pippa would go into situations such as the woods at night or to confront someone by herself, seeing that’s a great way to get yourself killed. Plus it’s highly unrealistic that someone who this they have figured out the cold blooded killer, would then just stroll up to them and be all “so I know what you did”. But is suppose we wouldn’t have the drama if she didn’t. 

As it is set around teenagers it is a very teen thriller vibe book. But all the same I enjoyed the twisted path it took me on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Violence, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Bullying

hiraethtales's review

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

ixececarez's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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: Murder, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Rape and Racism

juliaaaaaa's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

I LOVED THIS BOOK. i wanted to read it as soon i found out they were going to make it a series, im just mad i read it this late.
anyway, the suspense is so good that you cant put the book down and i cried when her dog died

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Suicide, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Stalking

Moderate: Dementia

cortanasreadingnook's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Honestly this book should come with a bunch of content warnings with sad and depressing in bold, block red letters. Holly Jackson has managed to create a masterpiece of a story about a case that turned cold five years ago that it would be a shame not to give this 5 ⭐️ This was insanely good! I apologize for taking so long to get into this and suffice to say I am not the same person as i was before reading this and no amount of therapy can make me forget this book ruined me. With all my love and appreciation, I hope Holly knows she should sleep with one eye open at night for what she did to me <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, and Murder

readwithari's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

Modern Agatha Christie. Didn’t see this twist coming! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Rape, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Death, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

missgray's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Infidelity, Murder, and Racial slurs