A review by shafirareads
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

adventurous challenging mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

4.5

As always, the ending of the book interests me more than the first half of the book.

At first, it was really boring it made me fall asleep mid-reading. Mainly because of the mc's log documents. It's like reading reports (it was reports).  I like the mc's character that was very smart and brave. But I don't like the mc's love interest/partner. He was misogynistic. He wasn't really smart, brave, or a really amazing person either. The only reason he was interesting was because he sticked beside the mc's side.

I know the partner lost one of his beloved persons in his life and put everything to uncover the truth about his big brother but he forced the mc too "stay on the project" just when the mc lost one of her beloved things while in truth she did that to protect him too. I understand where he is coming from, but I don't like it.

The mystery really intrigued me to keep reading the book. The actual perpetrator wasn't too easily covered. I know many crime/thriller books that have an easy to guess plot twist and perpetrator, so this book was interesting enough to read until the end.

I think this book could actually become a stand-alone, but I guess the author just decided to continue it. I will read the complete series.
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