Netflix fans so obsessed with BBC star's 'perfect' mystery thriller they've 'watched it six times in a week' - and have cancelled all their plans Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Codie Bullen For Mailonline Published: 12:52, 7 August 2024 | Updated: 12:59, 7 August 2024 e-mail 30 shares 1 View comments Netflix viewers are 'so obsessed' with BBC thriller A Good Girl's Guide to Murder they have cancelled all their plans to watch it. Fans of the novel by British author Holly Jackson have long been excited for the programme.
The literary sensation, which has become a viral classic for TikTok book lovers everywhere, entails the story of single minded, 17-year-old Pip Fitz-Amobi, from the fictional English town of Little Kilton, who is determined to prove a murderer's innocence for a school project. She teams up with the suspect's brother - Ravi Singh - to crack the case. The nailing-biting mystery first aired on the BBC but has also been released on Netflix – with viewers planning to watch the series 'six times' and 'sacrifice sleep' because it's 'perfect'.
Netflix viewers are 'so obsessed' with BBC thriller A Good Girl's Guide to Murder they have cancelled all their plans to watch it Fans of the novel by British author Holly Jackson have long been excited for the programme One fan wrote: 'This lived up to, if not, surpassed my expectations. It hasn't even been out for a week and I've already watched the series through six times. I highly recommend this series, it is the perfect Mystery/Thriller to watch if you've got a spare weekend.
'; 'I just finished watching A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and I LOVED IT. I loved every second, they left out no details, I was worried they’d change the storyline a bit but they didn’t and I’m just so happy. It was worth sacrificing my sleep for it.
'; 'The series is excellent and everything was nailed to perfection. THE has perfect suspense and thrill I would 100% recommend to binge this series.'; 'I FRICKING loved this.
It wasn't the exact same as the books but personally I didn't really mind that, it was still very interesting. THIS IS A MUST WATCH SHOW!!! Seriously. Also lots of squealing (watch till the end TRUSTTTT!).
' Several commenters were full of praise for the casting, writing that Emma, 21 - who also starred in Netflix's Wednesday - was going to 'slay' the role. The author Holly, 31, has also been brought on as an executive producer on the BBC adaptation. And earlier this year, she told the Bookseller that she has been stringent with making sure it's the same story readers have grown to love and that 'some of the most fan-favourite quotes and moments from the books made it in there'.
A Good Girls' Guide to Murder came out in May 2019 - just months before the Covid pandemic. The literary sensation, which has become a viral classic for TikTok book lovers everywhere, entails the story of single minded, 17-year-old Pip Fitz-Amobi, from the fictional English town of Little Kilton, who is determined to prove a murderer's innocence for a school project The nailing-biting mystery first aired on the BBC but has also been released on Netflix – with viewers planning to watch the series 'six times' and 'sacrifice sleep' because it's 'perfect' It was an instant hit, named one of the best books of 2020 by Barnes and Noble and racking up a series of accolades, including the Children's Fiction Book Winner of the Year title at the British Book Awards that same year. Holly told the Bookseller she thought it was the 'peak of success' then but has felt that it's 'still peaking now'.
In February, BBC Three 's social media account released its first stills from the highly-anticipated show which Holly shared on her own Instagram as well. The show will also star Anna Maxwell Martin, Gary Beadle and Mathew Baynton. Unusually, the book also has an alternative American edition that is set in the US - in Connecticut instead of Little Kilton.
However, her works outside the series since have been set in the States. Holly told the Bookseller that while the move was initially commercial, she found it easier to pen true crime stories in a setting that is 'very fertile setting for messed-up things to happen that you might not necessarily buy if they happened in the UK'. Her latest novel, The Reappearance of Rachel Price, follows 18-year-old Bel, whose missing mother eerily shows up as a true crime documentary about her begins filming.
In February, BBC Three 's social media account released its first stills from the highly-anticipated show which Holly shared on her own Instagram as well A Good Girls' Guide to Murder came out in May 2019 - just months before the Covid pandemic The story is set in Gorham, New Hampshire, and Holly revealed that she used Google Maps to paint a picture of the place for herself, starting with the local McDonald's. 'This was slightly more personal since I have family who are from Randolph, which is an even smaller town next door,' she told the New York Times . 'But it was so small it didn't have some of the stuff I needed.
' Being a true crime fan herself, the way stories are reported in the media and perceived by the public is also a common theme in Holly's work. 'I think all my books owe something to true crime media. I thoroughly research every single topic that I write about,' she told Publishers Weekly in an interview.
'Even if it's only something that crops up briefly - I will have become an internet expert in that thing. It's probably a form of procrastination, if I'm being honest.' A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is available to stream on Netflix and BBC iPlayer.
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