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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

434 reviews

sabrinahlkr's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse and Rape

Minor: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, and Stalking

bkc's review against another edition

mysterious sad 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

4.25

Rating: 4.25/5 (Sold Fairyloot set)

This book was fast-paced and interesting throughout. I enjoyed the way that the case unfolded but despite this, I was never obsessed with the book. The plot and characters were good but something was missing.

Pip was generally good but I found her a bit annoying at times.

I hated that she gave up on the project during the drama portion of the book, but appreciated that her intentions were good. I thought she was diligent and smart, and I liked her tenacity. The fact that she had a good support system was wonderful. Her family was great and Cara was lovely.

I wasn't too impressed with the rest of the Wards though. Elliot was a disappointment and Naomi could have done better (maybe I'm being too harsh on her?). I absolutely hated Max and felt bad for his victims, including Becca. Andi was horrific, as were the Bells in general, and Becca deserved better.

Ravi was an excellent character though. His personality was wonderful and it was great to see Sikh representation in the book. I don't have much else to say about the book really. It was fantastic but the fact that I disliked most of the characters meant that I couldn't fully love it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Animal death, and Rape

teganberryyy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Self harm, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Vomit and Bullying

dododenise's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

This really isn’t my genre so it’s not that surprising that I didn’t enjoy it that much. I felt that it was too long, there were too many clues followed, so a lot of the time it did not feel like they were moving forward. The story stirred from being realistic to quite dramatic. When things started to escalate a bit more at the halfway point and Pip took more risks I also felt more and more uncomfortable with two teens trying to solve a murder case and not involving any adults in it. And then the resolution of it all felt pretty underwhelming.
I didn’t feel like this was a bad book, I also wouldn’t say it’s a fantastic book. But I can say for sure that the book wasn’t for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Bullying, Vomit, Rape, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

cc_moo's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit

caroline_peacock's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Stalking, Blood, Child death, Bullying, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Grief, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Cursing, and Animal death

Minor: Fatphobia, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Confinement, and Death of parent

jen_reads23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Addiction, Vomit, Rape, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Sexual violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Self harm

goldenjoy's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Death, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

danifaulhaber's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Self harm, and Murder

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

♡ Cold Case 

♡ Small Clues

♡ Murder Board

The plot was a bit cliché but entertaining enough.  It is unfortunate that the US edition had so much edited out, there are just moments that feel skipped over or some parts that seem missing general.  But in the end it was a good story.

I loved the formatting of this book, all the extra details like the schedules, text messages, were all formatted nicely.  It was an entertaining to read, it had twists and turns, an unlikely friendship, a killer hiding in plain sight, and a school project that turned into solving a murder.

Spice Level: n/a

POV: Third Person

Release Date: 05, January 2021

Rep: BIPOC (Main Character and Side Characters), Lesbian (Side Character)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Grief, Death, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Vomit, Child death, Car accident, Cursing, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Dementia, Suicide, and Rape