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A review by nasab
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I've never taken this long to finish a thriller book. I wanted to read massive chunks of it in one setting but to my disappointment I was too busy. Pip has a super weird name but she's really smart and it was extremely enjoyable to read her investigations and deductions. The fact that the book had a map and images of emails really got me in the story and into Pip's shoes. Ravi is such a well written character, he's cute and thoughtful and weirdly funny and how his brothers indictment by the town affected him really got me emotional. The plot is perfectly written there wasn't any plot holes that I've noticed.
I understand why Pip decided not to get Naomi in prison because she wasn't directly responsible for the hit and run or what happened to Sal. But for her to have compassion with Becca bell and warning her to leave before police catch her is stupid. Even if she didn't mean to kill her sister, even if she didn't save her in a moment of rage, she still threw her in a septic tank which is psycho! That was the first time Pip's judgement was completely off and she paid the price right after. Thankfully all the people who should be behind bars were eventually there. All in all very entertaining read. I just don't know why it's a series when everything has been solved.