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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

492 reviews

maddamn's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I’ve read too many mysteries so it was predictable to me. What I enjoyed was the way the FMC solved the mystery. It’s from the perspective of a high schooler and it shows, but in a very palatable way. I don’t love the romance they tossed in, but it felt organic even tho it’s slightly weird. I didn’t think it needed a romance at all. It feels like a modern mystery because it utilizes modern media to show how a mystery could (in theory) be pieced together and solved. I won’t be finishing the series, but this book was good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Murder, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Rape and Drug abuse

booksplsandthanku's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Ok……. I LOVEDDDD this!

It really pulled off the fast-pacedness well….. but I felt like the author could’ve left some room for character development (like SHOWING it instead of telling….. felt like the emotions of the moment could’ve been more described in some places; the romance kind of snuck up on me….. but I FELT it coming - so as long as it’s more described in the next books, I’ll be fine)

5.25🌟 (second on all-time fave bookshelf, after TCP)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Racism, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Rape and Eating disorder

Not THAT noticeable for some things…. (Some characters are racist - but not the main ones) Note: it has a lot of talk of death and murder (talking of HOW people were murdered)

austinrawr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Body shaming

kyriannaj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Blood, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Death of parent

snf1996's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Could not get into the book slow read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Murder, Rape, and Violence

emmadobson33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

One of the best murder mystery books I've read! Just when I thought I'd figured it out, there was more information to keep me guessing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Murder, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Animal death

Minor: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Vomit, and Violence

chhwood's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

This was a good book and an interesting read, I think I would’ve liked this more in high school. It covers some heavy topics that I felt that it just glossed over and I didn’t love that. It also felt very PLL esq. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racism, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Car accident, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

priscillarobock's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Bullying, Death, Suicide attempt, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, and Drug abuse

olliejp2004's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

freyajhugroo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

I really enjoyed this! It's a great murder mystery that has really compassion surrounding the crimes that take place in it and excellent main characters working on the case. I like the respect this novel has for victims of crimes as it feels missing all too often (especially in actual true crime content).
Jackson should give herself a gold star for being one of the few booktok recs I actually loved and ordered the sequel to :).


Tw:
There are serious themes throughout so good idea to look these up before reading 


Minor spoilers:


Some parts felt very cliche e.g the personal life of the investigator suffering because they're too involved in the case and the dead person not being the angel they were supposed to be. 
This doesn't take away from the quality of the story but it does feel like I've read these two tropes a million times.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Kidnapping, Violence, and Self harm

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