Kill Joy: The YA mystery thriller prequel and companion novella to the bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. TikTok made me buy it!

by Holly Jackson

Paperback, 2022

Status

Available

Call number

823.00

Series

Good Girl's Guide to Murder (0.5)

Genres

Young Adult

Fiction

Publication

Electric Monkey (2022), Edition: 1, 176 pages

Description

Suspense. Thriller. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:Welcome to the murder mystery party of the year! Fans of the hit series A Good Girl�??s Guide to Murder will love Pip�??s final detective case in this mystery novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Jackson. Six suspects. Three hours. One murder�?� Pip is not in the mood for her friend�??s murder mystery party. Especially one that involves 1920�??s fancy dress and pretending that their town is an island called Joy. But when the game begins, Pip finds herself drawn into the make-believe world of intrigue, deception and murder. But as Pip plays detective, teasing out the identity of the killer clue-by-clue, the murder of the fictional Reginald Remy isn�??t the only cas… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member jmoura01

Anyone who has read any of the Good Girl’s Guide to Murder books knows what to expect from Holly Jackson. Pip is right up there with Veronica Mars as one of my favorite YA sleuths.

This book is .05. a prequel to the to the first book. Read this one if you haven’t started the series yet. And if

you haven’t started the series, what are you waiting for? For those of us who have read these books, read this novella just for the enjoyment.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children's, Delacorte Press for this ARC.

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LibraryThing member blbooks

First sentence: For this murder mystery game you will be playing the role of Celia Bourne.

Premise/plot: Kill Joy is a prequel to Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. (I didn't know this when I started it). Six teens gather together for a murder mystery party with a 1920s theme. It is

narrated by Pippa Fitz-Amobi. She enjoys dressing up, following the (fake) clues, and solving the (fake) murder.

My thoughts: I read this one because I needed a K title for my Alphabet Soup challenge. I wasn't paying the closest attention to the fact that it was a novella and a prequel novella at that. I think prequels written several years after book one (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder) are mainly read by those who've already read the big book, the main book. It is written for fans of the book, the series. There is less characterization, perhaps.

This one is weak on characterization (mind you, I think if I'd read book one first, I wouldn't have this complaint), and it's also weak on story. It is literally just six teenagers hanging out together and play-acting a murder mystery. It isn't that suspenseful. There are no twists and turns. It's fairly ho-hum and meh.

That being said, I do want to read the series now simply because I think there's promise there in that direction.

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LibraryThing member Mav-n-Libby

I wasn't expecting a lot from this. I'm glad I listened to it and didn't purchase the book. It's a quick novella and it was a really fast read. I really just enjoyed the ending of the book and how they see Ravi and how she decides she's going to look into the murder. It's worth a listen or a read.

I also thought it was kind of funny that she came up with the elaborate plot for the murder mystery game they were playing and it was actually a simple response as to who the murderer was.

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