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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

96 reviews

teddy_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Self harm, Death of parent, Vomit, and Domestic abuse

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

hiraeth_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

I don't think I've read this kind of YA Thriller Mystery before or at least not in the last 10 years. And while I do think I don't exactly fall into the main target group of this story, I did enjoy it a lot. Here and there the sarcastic banter was a bit cringe to me but then again I'm not a teenager anymore lol. I liked Pippa and her determined personality but I also think some things were over the top - like the reference to the title when she asked herself if she still was a good girl after "everything she'd done". girl - be so fr right 😭 that for example felt very forced and kind of pathetic. 

Otherwise I enjoyed her and Ravis relationship and that the author didn't really focus on explicitly telling us how Pippa felt. That too would've probably felt a bit forced bc it was quite clear they were gonna end up together in the beginning. 

Another thing I think was done quite well were the complex family dynamics - as far as it gets when the POV is the mind of a teenage girl occupied with solving a crime and homework. Pips reflections about that felt authentic and age appropriate. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Domestic abuse, Racism, Murder, and Bullying

Minor: Violence, Self harm, Rape, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Child death, Suicide, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Drug abuse

miel106's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Vomit, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Self harm, Violence, and Sexism

seraphine_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

Detective stories aren’t my genre. But this thing was incredible!!! I wasn’t sure about the format and as I said even the genre when I started but it was on our book club challenge. It took a little time but the way this story GRABBED me by the neck and didn’t let go was unreal! I stayed up till 2 am listening to it and had it on 1,75 speed just cause I couldn’t bare to not know what happened next faster!! Seriously even if this isn’t what you usually go for give it a try. This book might’ve convinced me to read more detectives stories! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Murder, Racism, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racism, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

teawitchontravel's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Cursing, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Death, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Rape, Addiction, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Sexism, Death of parent, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Personally didn't like it. Idea was good execution wasn't and characters (especially mc) were annoying and stupid.

canadawithoutthec's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Self harm, Drug use, Dementia, and Domestic abuse

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.25

Fun and tense mystery novel. Definitely a darker YA book with mentions of some heavy topics, all within the scope of a murder mystery. Felt inspired by the Seriel Podcast and other murder podcasts with its unique writing techniques. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Stalking

Moderate: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Torture, Dementia, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Cancer, Blood, and Classism

zam_ahaana's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book genuinely broke my brain. The plot twists at the end?? They hit you like a TRUCK. I had CHILLS in the reveal. 10/10 book, I WISH I could re-read it for the first time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

seven_land's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racism, Rape, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse