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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

1389 reviews

karlin0336's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Ending was action-packed and left me intrigued enough that I might eventually read the next book, but it took me over half the book to really get into it.  Some parts were pretty dark too (content warnings are the most I can do without completely spoiling it --- it was just overall a very tense and very sad read at times).  Plot twists surrounding the investigation were fun, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Vomit

Minor: Kidnapping, Suicide, and Death of parent

gaymoonreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Drug abuse, Animal death, Alcohol, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

pianokeys's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Cursing, Bullying, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Fatphobia, Rape, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicide, Death, Child death, Grief, Alcohol, Murder, Death of parent, Car accident, Sexism, Body shaming, Addiction, Animal death, Racism, and Mental illness

kenzie_simone456's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Drug use, and Child death

Moderate: Drug abuse and Rape

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal death, Bullying, and Rape

Minor: Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

caroline_colletta's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Murder, Rape, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Death

beenie_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Animal death, Suicide, Murder, Bullying, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Self harm

riri13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I recommend reading this series if you want to get back into reading.This book was so good and suspenseful that it made me want to keep reading. I couldn’t stop reading and the plot twists were amazing.

I can’t believe that there were 2 killers and that Elliot ward was the one who killed Sal. Sal didn’t deserve that and even though beca bell was “the second killer” i felt really bad for her. She technically wasn’t a killer.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Drug use and Violence

saumyagupta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my third time re-reading this book and looking back, I can't believe that the audiobook of this book was supposed to be a background noise for me while I complete my studies. Reading it again is so sad when you know what's about to happen next. Pip and Ravi are amazing characters and Holly Jackson is a mastermind considering how she connects the triology so well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Animal death, Rape, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

maggie_19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Rape and Drug use