jojothefool 's review for:

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

4.0

emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I felt like the end was a little clunky and just very

“oh no you caught me I did it here’s my whole plan and story laid out bit by bit” which just doesn’t seem realistic I guess?? Like unless it’s the cops questioning you? Idk. I was also a bit I guess disappointed in Pip after what happens with Barney I thought she’d be super pissed and use it like a revenge moment instead of stopping the investigation. I guess I read her character wrong? She just seemed very steadfast and headstrong with everything else, it was weird for her to suddenly stop I think

overall a very fun and entertaining time however 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

There are no explicitly described rape scenes, but drugged rape is discussed and brought up throughout the novel