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

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

*unintelligible screaming*

Yeah. I don't know how to form words about this book. I thought I was getting a mid-range YA mystery novel and instead I got an intense high-range YA murder mystery novel that would probably put Nancy Drew to shame (I think. I've never actually read any of the Nancy Drew's).

The twist at the end is just so *chef's kiss*. It's worthy of Scandinavian murder mysteries and that's saying something because no one does murder mystery as well as the Scandinavians.

Looking back on it, I think I figured it out about a third into the book, by complete accident. I just went 'this seems the most legit theory so this person must've done it'. Never thinking I was right because all the theories were more or less legit or plausible. And I wasn't even completely right. Just sort of. Anyway. It's a good book. Go read it, all of you.
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