A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

The whole point of the book that made it so famous was that you solve this case alongside Pip, which the series decided not to do, losing the whole point of the story.

Important and interesting scenes from the book were lost and e.g. 5 scenes were merged into 1 with simple dialogue without any connection to the actors.

The information of the murder is thrown away pointlessly without any suspense, since the series starts essentialistically from the end of the book. Unfortunately it didn't come out the way the book deserved.

As for the actors, I don't think they did a bad job, they just had to deal with a bad script that didn't let the audience to get involved enough in actor's lives and get involved in the story.

Maybe it's a good work for those who haven't read the book, but I think for anyone who has read it the differences and missteps were annoying.

The murder of popular student Andie has haunted a small community for some years. Inquisitive and intelligent student Pip decides to look into the case, and establish whether or not Andie's boyfriend Sal was guilty or not.

It's a very unusual series, it doesn't follow any of the rules, aimed at a teenage audience, but has something to offer older viewers, just know what you're getting.

The best way I could describe it, CBBC does I know what you did last summer, at times it very much feels like a drama for young teens, at times, such as in the last two episodes, it goes into a much darker place.

It does go on a bit, and it is slow in parts, but overall there's enough to keep you interested. There's enough to have made me order the book.

It's nicely acted, Emma Myers and Anna Maxwell Martin both do a fine job, Maxwell definitely showing her experience and class.

7/10.

I was really looking forward to this as I loved the book. In general it was a good adaptation, but I don't think the acting was the best. Sadly multiple actors lacked depth and sincerity in their parts. Don't get me wrong, I think there was a lot of good acting (e.g. Cara and Naomi) but the two leads (Pip and Ravi) weren't particularly convincing. Emma's accent also falters often. There were details missed from the book which I suppose is necessary for a series, but the book felt more rich in detail and storyline quality. However, it is bingeworthy as the story is similar to the book, I just think it could have been (much) better.

It was entertaining enough, but the main character was making a lot of questionable decisions, even for a teenager, so treat the show for what it is going in.

I find that shows that make the main characters very smart and the villains just as smart tend to be way better. They could have definitely figured out other ways to make some scenes suspenseful, without making her flat out simple ( I just know most girls her age would have never put themselves in some of the situations that she did) Also prepare for some silliness. There was absolutely nothing special about this girl when it came to investigation skills, it just so happens that adults just told her everything, things the police couldn't even get from them, she got without any effort.

If you treat this show for what it is ( not a great young adult drama) then you'll enjoy it.

From the start had a feeling this wasn't for me but I was intrigued to know what happened and because it was only 6 episodes I persisted until the end.

I'm not sure how this has been rated a 10 by some, but each to their own.

The acting was not the greatest and most of the main characters lacked chemistry.

The main character, Pip continually put herself in dangerous situations with characters she believed were the killer/s, which was highly unlikely for someone who was supposedly so smart and such a goodie goodie.

The overall storyline wasn't bad however the plot was simplistic and at times dialogue and situations unbelievable.

I can see why this could appeal to teenagers though.