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A review by shreyas1599
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
5.0
I enjoyed this one a lot. There were parts of the story that seemed unrealistic, but you need to bend reality when you have a teenage girl at the forefront of the story solving a crime.
Some of my thoughts after reading the book.
1. I loved the idea of disguising the entire novel in the form of a school project. I enjoyed the bits where the formatting of the text was changed when an interview was recorded, and the bits where there were flow diagrams.
2. The narrative was suitably paced to not have any boring parts throughout.
3. I liked how every character is made a suspect, their actions explained and then removed from the suspect list, only to be put back into the suspect list when a new behavior comes to light.
4. The main character herself was likable most times. But a selfless teenager putting everything on the line for another person who she didn't even know in real life, doesn't sound all too realistic. But I understand the intent. There would be no story without the character having such a redeeming trait.
5. There were a few instances, where the protagonist's actions can only be construed as nonsensical and unwarranted such as her visiting the two suspects towards the end, alone, and unaccompanied. I understand that she wanted to confront them alone, but it made absolutely no sense for her to go alone.
6. All the 'evil' characters were given their appropriate punishments in the end.
Overall, a fast-paced whodunnit novel, with a teenage girl at the center stage, with a mixture of qualities mostly good albeit a tad exaggerated.
Some of my thoughts after reading the book.
1. I loved the idea of disguising the entire novel in the form of a school project. I enjoyed the bits where the formatting of the text was changed when an interview was recorded, and the bits where there were flow diagrams.
2. The narrative was suitably paced to not have any boring parts throughout.
3. I liked how every character is made a suspect, their actions explained and then removed from the suspect list, only to be put back into the suspect list when a new behavior comes to light.
4. The main character herself was likable most times. But a selfless teenager putting everything on the line for another person who she didn't even know in real life, doesn't sound all too realistic. But I understand the intent. There would be no story without the character having such a redeeming trait.
5. There were a few instances, where the protagonist's actions can only be construed as nonsensical and unwarranted such as her visiting the two suspects towards the end, alone, and unaccompanied. I understand that she wanted to confront them alone, but it made absolutely no sense for her to go alone.
6. All the 'evil' characters were given their appropriate punishments in the end.
Overall, a fast-paced whodunnit novel, with a teenage girl at the center stage, with a mixture of qualities mostly good albeit a tad exaggerated.