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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

71 reviews

holliesatchell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

babsi_222's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely enjoyed this book. I don’t know what I expected from it, but it definitely wasn’t what it ended up being. I would 100% read it again and I’m so excited for the whole  series Holly Jackson published with the same characters and everything.
The Plot Twist(s !) are absolutely shocking and amazing and the book is so well written!
The whole solving a crime the police closed (not finished case)  is so girl-boss and slay I love it!!!!!!!
also I really like the characters, especially Pippa

although I was pretty annoyed with her about how she handled the whole death threats situation. I would’ve gone to a trusted person and tell them but that’s how she reacted ig

The Love Story of Pip and Ravi was so fucking obvious and wasn’t well integrated in the story. They just kissed once and hold hands at the end of the book and you have to make everything up :/ hopefully we see mire between them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Stalking, and Body shaming

cdubbs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

Graphic: Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Bullying, Car accident, and Confinement

gretag's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Sexual assault, Animal death, Drug use, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Racism

Minor: Dementia and Vomit

jana_aa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

this book was full of surprises and never ending plot twists, it did not allow me to get distracted and lose interest at all. 

for a story that's complicated and tangled involving so many characters that are suspects, I'm truly impressed by how intelligently this was structured. it was quite straightforward and and an easy read!, also Pippa very much gave me “Nancy Drew” vibes. 

check mentioned content warnings | >>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Animal death, Body shaming, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Suicide

wtfedin's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

I would’ve given the 5/5 if the plot twist of

Elliot’s kidnapped girl

wasn’t as predictable as it was.

Sorry for my bad English, it’s not my first language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Suicide, Fatphobia, Self harm, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

noxygens's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

f4ye's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

docked it half a point solely bc i hated that last chapter im sorry. everything else was really interesting! the audiobook is phenomenal 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Suicide, Racism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Rape, and Animal death

hamfanjay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. From the very beginning it grasped my attention and I'm not the fondest of mysteries! I don't like reading series but this first book summed up perfectly in the end and did not leave my unsatisfied. I liked it but also felt that at some points I was not eager to read it so that's why I gave it four stars. Overall, it was great though!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Murder, Death, Pedophilia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

zeyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit