‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ series review: Irregular pacing, unidimensional characters peril Netflix’s Holly Jackson adaptation
5 months, 1 week ago

‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ series review: Irregular pacing, unidimensional characters peril Netflix’s Holly Jackson adaptation

The Hindu  

As far as small-town fictions go, the winning order of genres is romance over murder mystery. The limited series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is exhibit A. The series examines rage, obsession, friendship, drug use, assault and more from a teen something’s perspective, as numerous titles like Pretty Little Liars, Stranger Things, and 13 Reasons Why have done before. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder tries to walk in their footsteps and succeeds, but doesn’t necessarily surpass. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Creators: Dolly Wells, Tom Vaughan Cast: Emma Myers, India Lillie Davies, Rahul Pattni, Zain Iqbal Episodes: 6 Run-time: 40-50 minutes Storyline: Five after the murder of a 17-year-old, allegedly by her boyfriend who dies by suicide, a young woman decides to dust off the cobwebs and uncover the truth behind the deaths Pippa teams up with a reluctant Ravi Singh, Sal’s younger brother, and begins the investigation by reverse engineering the night Andie had gone missing.

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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: The next great teen detective show on Netflix.
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: The next great teen detective show on Netflix.

Slate  

In the fictional town of Little Kilton, it’s common knowledge that five years ago, a high school senior named Andie was murdered by her boyfriend, who confessed to the crime before killing himself. But Pip, the heroine of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Netflix’s hit new British series adaptation of Holly Jackson’s 2019 bestselling YA novel of the same …

Holly Jackson, the YA author worried her blood-soaked books are too dark for her teen readers
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Holly Jackson, the YA author worried her blood-soaked books are too dark for her teen readers

The Independent  

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