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Loading... A Good Girl's Guide to Murderby Holly Jackson
   No current Talk conversations about this book.  Diana_Hryniuk | Mar 22, 2023 |  A tragedy happened five years ago in Pip's small town: a high school girl went missing and was presumed murdered by her boyfriend, who himself was found dead by suicide in the woods a few days later. As Pip begins gathering information for a school project, and proceeds to conduct interviews with friends and relatives of the persons involved as well as reporters and police who covered the case, she very quickly begins to question the accepted narrative. This was a clever, well-thought-out teen mystery. I was fully absorbed and even stayed up well past bedtime one night because I was sooooo close to finishing. The characters felt and acted in mostly realistic ways, which is important in a genre in which adult authors often betray themselves by creating not very teen-sounding teens. Highly recommended. (  ) ryner | Mar 11, 2023 | Holly Jackson, you need an editor who will help you convert these books to American English if you're going to set them in America. It's brutal ( ) prunetracy | Feb 16, 2023 | This book made me realize that I am a bad mystery reader. I do really enjoy mysteries, and I really enjoyed this book, but I just wanted to have all of the clues immediately so I could make my own guesses about who the antagonist was. That's not how mysteries work though. I really liked Jackson's style of writing, and I appreciate that Pip has a fairly normal home life. Pip is very clever at times, and her interactions with her friends and family are great. I did not see the twist coming, and honestly the truth made me kinda sad. But it is really well written. I appreciate that the author occasionally addresses the racism that Ravi faces, but I felt that Pip doesn't always remember the lessons. Pip and Ravi are a fantastic duo. The romance that blooms between them doesn't feel forced, which is nice. I didn't know that Jackson was British, and there were definitely a few British-ism that slipped through, like Pip's full name (Pippa) and a couple of times when the character's said "ring" instead of "call". But for the most part, it was very small-town America. I am interested in reading the rest of the series and seeing how Pip's career as a detective evolves. ( ) BarnesBookshelf | Jan 29, 2023 | Very enjoyable YA book about an academically-focused teen who has decided to re-investigate the murder of a teenage girl for her senior project. What she finds puts so many people in danger, herself included (of course). It was definitely a quick read; I whipped through it in a day. ( ) ahef1963 | Jan 23, 2023 | no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Series
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! For readers of Kara Thomas and Karen McManus, an addictive, twisty crime thriller with shades of Serial and Making a Murderer about a closed local murder case that doesn't add up, and a girl who's determined to find the real killer--but not everyone wants her meddling in the past. Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger. This is the story of an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect. "The perfect nail-biting mystery." --Natasha Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author No library descriptions found. |
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I related to Pippa a lot. She reminded me of myself at that age. And it was interesting to observe her relationship with Ravi develop. I also enjoyed getting to know Pippa's family and her friend Cara.
The story wasn't too cheesy, at some point it got pretty scary for me. And the thing I liked the most was that when I thought everything was over, it actually wasn't. I didn't expect that at all.
So I just loved this story. And I'm definitely going to read the next books in the trilogy. (