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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

1798 reviews

literarymary95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. It kept me captivated and guessing a bit even though I did figure out most of what actually happened fairly quickly. I really appreciated there was even a subtle red herring that I applaud since it kept me hyper focused on a specific aspect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

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

ddemakeas's review against another edition

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? No

4.5

Must say I LOVE this book— truthfully, the story concluded in a beautiful way, and each turn and twist that Jackon wrote kept me engaged until the end. I didn’t know who the killer was until the end, but Pip was the mastermind who kept me going from one red string to the next. Can’t wait to read the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

kayyylaaareaadsss's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

  YOOOO this book was so GOOD! The characters the plot MWAH I love how the book made you feel for Sal. He was a kind soul and didn't deserve anything that happened to him. Becca and Andie they can never made me hate you!!!! Fuck you Max. Pip and Ravi I love you 5 stars <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Rape and Self harm

mlv97's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

THE DOG DIES

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Dementia

gazellerlg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.25

One of the best murder mysteries I've read so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

tigerkittycag's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was very good and well written but I have to give it a 2 star rating. This is because the murder  was too disturbing and I don't think I am going to read another murder mystery but I do recommend it if you can handle murder scenes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Murder

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

georgialee01's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Vomit, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Pedophilia, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

laraboggiano's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

I devoured this book, I was so inside of the story that I couldn’t stop myself. I loved the characters so much and Holly Jackson’s writing is immaculate, the way she doesn’t forget about any detail, as small as it may seem, to get you tangled into her story. 
Every part of this book felt so real, it had me at the edge of my seat at all times, wondering and asking myself questions constantly. 
The banter between Pippa and Ravi was excellent, and I may have even laughed out loud at one of his jokes, bad as they were. 
This book scared me and made me laugh, and I can’t wait to see what’s next. 4.75/5⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Rape and Xenophobia

zoeyfawn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Rape

hangrace's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

I dunno, this has definitely been overhyped but it was a pretty good mystery overall. I don’t love

that Ravi and Pip ended up together mostly because of the age difference it just felt too much for me

I also didn’t really like

the way Mr ward was involved it just felt sooo far fetched

Im interested enough that I want to listen to the rest of the series and watch the show though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death