Netflix has left some readers of Holly Jackson’s 2019 book, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder , disappointed with its newly released adaptation. The six-part series stars Emma Myers ( Wednesday ) as young sleuth Pip Fitz-Amobi, who seeks to prove her older classmate, Andie Bell (India Lillie Davies), wasn’t murdered by her boyfriend five years prior as the police had concluded. While the show – in association with the BBC – was released in the UK in July, it finally made its way to the US last week, where it’s currently topping the streamer’s Most Watched list.
Since its US release, a number of viewers have noted on social media that the show deviates substantially from the book. “I am so disappointed in the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series on Netflix. They changed so much from the book?” one person tweeted.
“I am so passionate about AGGGTMM so this makes me sad.” They did, however, add that the casting was perfect. “I watched all the series in one sitting and my favorite phrase to use was: THIS DIDN’T HAPPEN IN THE BOOKS, or, THIS IS NOT HOW IT HAPPENED,” a second agreed, while a third argued: “It just seemed so silent and like everything was happening for no reason and apart from the music it seemed so boring.
The casting was so on point but it was bad with all the change they made!” A fourth found that the show “is good for people who haven’t read the books and just wanted to see the show.” “But as a book reader, I noticed some sce.