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Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder
Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit
OH MY GOD. I’m truly in love with this book and truly proud of myself. First of all, I want to give myself a pat in the back since I was able to discover the murderers.
Now, this book is so amazing I don’t even know where to start. You have a great murder and a 17-year-old trying to solve it in the most absurd –but truly realistic– way. Ravi Singh, Sal’s brother, later joins the adventure and together they do a bunch of morally dubious stuff that ends up uncovering the reality of the murder of Addie Bell.
Overall, an amazing experience and you’ll really enjoy it if you’re into immersive books that give you the info as you go so you can judge it for yourself.
I’m so reading the other books. This is most definitely going to my “favourite books” shelf.
btw
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Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Stalking
Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Deadnaming, Self harm, Sexual assault, Grief, Suicide attempt
No allegedly, no might have, no probably, no most likely .
He did it, they say. Sal Singh killed Andie.
But I’m just not so sure . . .
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder follows Pip, a girl who, for a school project, decides to investigate the riveting case of Andie Bell, a high school student from her small English town who has been missing and presumed dead for 5 years. Everyone thinks they know who did it. Pippa wants to know for certain.
Whew. Well, I flew through this. While it was a little slow to start, I got super into the case, trying to piece things together before Pip did. And I'll pat myself on the back here, because I totally did (mostly - thank god for plot twists).
Even being a little predictable, I still enjoyed the story. The writing flowed well, I loved the additions of Pip's journal entires and interviews (it cut out so much unnecessary fodder!), and I loved the entire cast of characters. Pip was a great anchor for the whole story - loyal, strong, cunning, empathetic, and funny! I felt deeply for Ravi's grief, his reluctancy, then eagerness to help Pip exonerate his brother, and how he was able to read Pip so well. Pip's whole family, especially her dad and brother, were so lovely, and don't even get me started on her pup. Oh, did I love that pup. Justice for Barney.
I'm glad the romance was verrryyy minimal. Hinted at throughout, then confirmed in the epilogue (though I felt this was unnecessary), but the main focus of the story was the mystery, the thrill. Also, usually I don't like age gaps like this (Ravi is 20 and Pip is 16-17), and to be honest, I'm still not stoked about it, but I enjoyed Ravi's character so much that I'm just gonna pretend he's Pip's age instead. Their common goal made the relationship feel very equilibrium.
But still. Authors. Stop making your 20 year old characters date people in high school plz and thx.
And the mystery!
Honestly, the most heart-wrenching part for me was the whole
I'm curious to see what Jackson will do for the sequel, as this felt like it wrapped up pretty nicely to me, but in any case, I'm excited for it, and it will probably be my next read!
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Racism, Sexism, Vomit, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent