Innocent until proven guilty, or is it the other way around?

Recently, I’ve been reading a book that a few other people on these blogs have been talking about. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is written by Holly Jackson and published in 2019! I just realized coincidentally that it was published on my birthday, too (WOW). This book has 400 pages that I’ve been reading over the past few weeks. A heads up there will be some context given before I yap about my thoughts! (If you want to skip the context go to the second to last paragraph).

To begin, we have 2 primary characters that are named Pip (Pippa), and Ravi. There are many other characters as well but the story is set in Pip’s perspective with Ravi as her partner. In 2019, the murder of Andie Bell made headlines in the area of Fairview Connecticut. A slightly off-topic fact, but it is solely in the U.S. copies of AGGGTM that it is set in Connecticut. Everywhere else the story takes place in a fictional town in England. Ravi’s younger brother, Sal Singh, was convicted of Andie’s murder. Between Pip and Ravi, both are trying to gain justice for Sal. Many of the residents living in Fairview believe that Sal is a murderer and they also drag that along with Ravi as well. Simple things such as them saying he is a murderer’s brother take a toll on Ravi because he truly believes his brother would never murder someone.

Pip builds a friendship with Ravi and over time more people are aware of her project, Pip introduces herself often to question people who may have been involved or even have any information about the case. The storyline follows this process incredibly well saying that the reader is quite literally reading Pip’s project as she types it. There are quite a few twists and turns within this case Pip is studying, but a lot of information is revealed concluding Andie had everyone around her fooled about the person she is. 

Now that I’ve given some basic information about the idea of this book, it’s time for me to talk about my thoughts. Overall the book had me sitting there flipping page after page, I believe this is one of my favorite reads from this year! Following Pip’s life along with her project was thoroughly written, with lots of additional details discluding the project. I’d like to say if you enjoy reading mystery mixed with crime, then you would like this book!! A lot of my friends recommended it to me which overall led to me reading it so I’d also say it is pretty well-liked by a bunch of people. 

To sum it up, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is a thoroughly detailed book. I think everyone should get a chance to read at least a little bit of it at least once. Holly did a very good job at writing this book with plenty of detail that draws a reader in. Additionally, I’d give it a 9.5/10! I believe that’s everything I have to say for now, so I’ll see you guys in 5 weeks! Bye!!

-Chloé B. 🦆