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Przewodnik po zbrodni według grzecznej dziewczynki by Holly Jackson

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pianokeys's review against another edition

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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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cherlin's review against another edition

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challenging funny 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? No

4.25

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ 4.25/5 stars.

"Mi club de homeworko es su club de homeworko."

Mostly spoiler free. Spoilers will be in the 2nd paragraph of the "what I didn't like" section. This book was actually pretty good. I personally enjoyed it from beginning to (sort of) end, and I really, really liked the actual mystery part of it. I'll be excluding the plot summary because the synopsis of this book tells you everything you need to know.

───── ⑅ the protagonists ⑅ ─────

Pippa Fitz-Amobi, our wonderful smart girl with a soda brand name. It could have been ANY name. Why Pippa? Christ. Anyway, Pip as a character was a little bit annoying at times. She was very good at piecing information together, which makes one wonder why the police, who are literal professionals, couldn't do what she did, but whateverrrr. Pip constantly puts herself in danger for the sake of solving Andie's murder case, and she's very clearly obsessed with it. She's extremely impulsive and struggles with communication.

Ravi Singh! I don't have much to say about him. He was very understanding with Pip, and was initially sane enough to understand that maybe getting this random girl from his brother's old school to deeply involve herself in a closed-case investigation wasn't the safest idea ever. Other than that, he was a relatively simple character who had a habit of scratching his head every time he was confused or nervous and always liked to crack jokes.

───── ⑅ what I liked ⑅ ─────

The way this story is formatted was really fun to me. We have some "chapters" dedicated to her entries for her project. Interviews are written down like transcripts. It really helps with the feeling that you're solving the case alongside the characters, and they're not doing it all for you. All the information we learned was learned with Pip. She never knew more than us.

This was also a very very easy read, and I think it'd be difficult for a book like this to put you in a slump. With how fast paced it is and how short the chapters usually were, I can't say I ever really found myself bored. It was really hard to stop myself from wanting to keep going every time I finished a chapter.

───── ⑅ what I didn't like ⑅ ─────

While I guess I should have expected it because it's YA, I didn't really like the writing that much. I found it really cringy sometimes and just overall immature, though that could have also been because the characters are all high schoolers...but they're seniors? So I don't know; I just didn't really like it that much. The adult characters in this book didn't feel like adults, especially Pip's father.

The ending is where this fell off for me. I was shocked when I learned who had done everything (I was too slow to guess it lol), but I found it VERY strange that

after being told by who she suspected was Andie's killer than her suspicions were all true, she says that she will FORGIVE them and tries to help them by telling them to run away because the police will eventually find out??? you're telling me you're going to forgive the person who got your VERY LOVED dog killed and used him as blackmail to stop you from figuring out what they did??? you're telling me that even after being drugged and almost killed, you still wanted them to get away scot free??? It doesn't matter what kind of person Andie was, murder isn't right, lol.

And then at the very end, where she was giving that speech or whatever with Ravi? I'm sorry but it was just so cliche and cheesy I did NOT vibe with that. Anyway, it was a great read, I will be reading the next one whenever I get to it.

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saumyagupta's review against another edition

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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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alycnsuha's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious 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

4.0

I'm going to read the continuing of this later but so far I'm loving this! such a good quick read and the plots is interesting. love the plot twist at the end. idk about anyone else but I had no idea who could be the real mder, like srsly I was shocked. this book got me reaaaallllyy hooked

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austinrawr's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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mich394's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

Che dire, ottima lettura per uscire dal blocco. Intrattiene, i personaggi sono amabili e il tipo di narrazione rende il tutto più scorrevole. 🤌🏻

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ashley_dreaming's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

4.75

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pheebeegould's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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clovetra's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

can i just say ive never guessed a killer so quickly. 96 pages in and i guessed it. pretty proud of myself for that one.

anyways um this book to me perfectly encapsulates booktok. not in a bad way. i mean this in a nice way i swear

it’s got plot twist galore, thrilling scenes, cute charm, humour, suspense, mixed media, and a smidge of romance.

but why oh why is it only a 3 star then?

i got bored.

man this book reads like a YA. it’s a heavy YA-leaning book.

not saying that’s a bad thing! i also knew it was a YA going in so i can’t blame ignorance like i do in every other review (/lh). but yeah u can really tell this is a YA.

it kinda reminded me of my year 8 mystery novel where i had to write a complex murder. mind u i only got 70% and i wrote a wonderful story about a missing lia atsni dying of exsanguination. yeah i used that word at 14 and what. anyways i mean that to say is that this book is quite juvenile. i mean that’s ok but with how people rant & rave about it (side eyeing u alastair & lily) it was….. ok! it wasn’t outright bad but it wasn’t a masterpiece. and that’s ok not every book is meant to be like that. but i think because i had this hyped up to me my hopes were too high?

like seriously i know this book was more complex than just one clear cut killer but…. i guessed it <100 pages in.

i don’t know if that’s a good thing or not for a general reading audience but i don’t like being correct with my guesses because i always guess someone out of left field.

granted i also could just be goated at guessing killers in fiction because i guessed the killer in the movie “happy death day” (2017) about 30 minutes in so do what you will with that information.

this is kind of a ramble but that’s to say i can’t actually pin point anything specific that sucked or excelled in this book! i mean i can defo say the “confession” flopped so hard. but also i like that pip is lowkey fire ass autistic representation. i don’t even know if she was consciously written like that but idc.

um anyways i will be reading the rest of the series but my ass will not be buying them. this was a perfectly average book. it does not spark joy. it is marie kondo’ing out of my house tomorrow (aka entering facebook marketplace)

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blankaurban's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? No

5.0

Holy crap. That's the way this book left me feeling after finishing it.

The plot and storyline of this entire book was perfect. The small leads revealed in every chapter had me thinking about scenerios non-stop when I wasn't reading. All of the suspects had so many strings attached and yet the ending of this made so much sense. Not to mention I did not expect it at all.

I think it's safe to say I won't shut up about this book for a long time.

I think all of the characters were amazingly written but Pip and Ravi have a special place in my heart. They were the best duo for this.

Throughout the book, I always felt like I was right there with them; experiencing everything and being scared when something eery came up.

All in all, I would easily recommend this book to anyone and I already have.

This would definitely be a 6 star book if there was such a rating!

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