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A review by avidbooknerd2028
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
WOW! This book....
I had heard so many good things about this book on both Youtube as well as Tiktok. This perked my interest in this book even higher than it initially was, I hadn't heard a single negative thing about this series. As a young adult series this struck me as weird, usually there is at least a few minor issues. No one was talking about issues at all. So I finally decided to take the plunge....
Let's start by saying, this book had me hooked right at page one. It drew me in in a way I didn't think a YA mystery thriller ever could. It was amazing! The writing style was brilliant and kept the reader (Me) intrigued and wanting to read more. I started this book on a random Thursday night, and to make my reading experience even better our power went out that night.
The mixed media of writing in a diary type log was one of the things that I wasn't initially expecting but it was definitely interesting to see how her brain was working through the information. Add in the texts, emails, drawings, ect... and I wanted to create my own murder board.
I thought I had it figured out, not completely but all the information we were given was leading me to believe it was going to be someone else. I didn't choose the most obvious but I was so far off it was crazy. This book gaslit me into thinking I was smarter than I was. I loved every second of it, and I cannot wait to pick up book 2.
I had heard so many good things about this book on both Youtube as well as Tiktok. This perked my interest in this book even higher than it initially was, I hadn't heard a single negative thing about this series. As a young adult series this struck me as weird, usually there is at least a few minor issues. No one was talking about issues at all. So I finally decided to take the plunge....
Let's start by saying, this book had me hooked right at page one. It drew me in in a way I didn't think a YA mystery thriller ever could. It was amazing! The writing style was brilliant and kept the reader (Me) intrigued and wanting to read more. I started this book on a random Thursday night, and to make my reading experience even better our power went out that night.
The mixed media of writing in a diary type log was one of the things that I wasn't initially expecting but it was definitely interesting to see how her brain was working through the information. Add in the texts, emails, drawings, ect... and I wanted to create my own murder board.
I thought I had it figured out, not completely but all the information we were given was leading me to believe it was going to be someone else. I didn't choose the most obvious but I was so far off it was crazy. This book gaslit me into thinking I was smarter than I was. I loved every second of it, and I cannot wait to pick up book 2.