flexolo 's review for:

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

3.5

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm the exact age of the protagonist, which was cool except for certain details that aren't common to people my age
Would have been 4.5 if they hadn't

killed the dog.

That was not at all necessary

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

The family dog, which gets a significant amount of page time and is clearly beloved by the family, is kidnapped and later drowns