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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

321 reviews

sarahlgriffin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Animal death

Minor: Car accident, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Dementia

12rhys23's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

I struggled to finish this one. I think I almost DNFed about 4 times but powered through.

The main character is awful. She's very underwritten and not fleshed out at all other than called "smart" and "quirky". I don't think I learned anything more about her from page 1 till the end, who she really was as a person. She engages in bad behavior such as blackmail, breaking and entering, theft, and manipulation of her friends in order to trick them into giving her answers, and never gets called out for it, to the extent you really have to raise your suspension of disbelief beyond reasonable levels. No one acts like a real person! They just spill all their secrets to a high schooler because the plot demands it.

I gave it a 2/5 stars, but only because I was able to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child death, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual assault, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

anastasiahuffman's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Racism

Minor: Suicide attempt

conniejones's review against another edition

inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Bullying, Stalking, and Suicide

Minor: Racism and Toxic friendship

jenniferropell's review against another edition

dark funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction and Toxic friendship

ellarae0111's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Kidnapping, Blood, Sexual violence, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Outing, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Rape, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Medical content, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

jenn_a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Violence, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Body shaming, and Animal death

Moderate: Racism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Stalking, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion and Dementia

chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

This was my second time reading this book, because I wanted it fresh in my mind for the adaptation coming in a couple weeks and it did not disappoint!

Everyone knows what happened five years ago. Popular high school student Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. Five years later, and the case is closed and solved, but Pip just knows there is more to the story. Disguised as a senior project, Pip delves into the case that rocked her small town, determined to discover the truth, whatever the cost. 

I loved this book the first time around, and the second was no different! I adore Pip, I relate to her on so many levels and she’s just such an enjoyable character! I also love Ravi, and the pair of them together are just so cute!

In terms of the storyline and format of this book, I really enjoy when books are formatted a little differently, and the addition of Pip’s notes, interviews and the rest of her findings works really well in this book. 

I really enjoyed the storyline, it’s quite typical YA Mystery/Thriller but in the best way possible!

Overall, I loved this book and I can’t wait for the TV show!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Animal death, Drug abuse, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Suicide

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Vomit

rotem_rose's review against another edition

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

5.0

Great book for someone looking to get into murder mysteries/ crime novels and such.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Vomit, Car accident, Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Stalking, and Racism