jrrogue's review
5.0
Do we ever truly know the people we let into our lives? Their motives? Their desires? Their hearts? Tarryn Fisher's newest release is disturbing, enthralling, shocking. I devoured it in one sitting. Against your will you'll find yourself questioning every human outside your door.
lissherondale's review against another edition
4.0
WTF DID I JUST READ
OK. first of all I didn't liked it at the beginning. Fig and her mind was getting into my brain but when shit dropped and Darius appeared I was hooked. A psychopath and a sociopath together. Plus this woman whom couldn't see the reality in front of her eyes. this shit was twisted!
I really liked, I always love how Tarryn writes about unsettling things and how she can make you uncomfortable but so hooked with the story.
I'm kinda lost on some things like when did George reappeared and when Nicole appeared in Darius's life and what happened to him and if Jolene still lives next door of Fig... CRAZY SHIT!
That weird ending tho! I was like what the heck!
I'm still processing this... I just my brain can't deal with too much craziness
OK. first of all I didn't liked it at the beginning. Fig and her mind was getting into my brain but when shit dropped and Darius appeared I was hooked. A psychopath and a sociopath together. Plus this woman whom couldn't see the reality in front of her eyes. this shit was twisted!
I really liked, I always love how Tarryn writes about unsettling things and how she can make you uncomfortable but so hooked with the story.
I'm kinda lost on some things like when did George reappeared and when Nicole appeared in Darius's life and what happened to him and if Jolene still lives next door of Fig... CRAZY SHIT!
That weird ending tho! I was like what the heck!
I'm still processing this... I just my brain can't deal with too much craziness
abnieszka's review against another edition
4.0
Gillian Flynn rozbudziła mój apetyt na antybohaterki. Jest coś fascynującego w zwichrowanych osobowościach i traumach które zmieniają zwyczajne kobiety w potwory. W poszukiwaniu "czegoś w stylu Flynn" trafiłam Tarryn Fisher. Do mistrzyni sporo jej brakuje, ale mimo wszystko "Bad mommy" jest fascynującą wyprawą w świat chorej fantazji.
O tym że z Fig jest coś nie tak, wiemy od początku. Nie wiemy jednak do końca jak głęboko sięgają jej złudzenia. Co jest prawdą, a co fantazją? Balansujemy na granicy obrzydzenia i fascynacji jej osobowością.
Jednak nie tylko Fig jest w tej książce fascynująca - małżeństwo w którego życie Fig wkracza: Jolene i Darius Avery też ma kilka trupów w szafie :)
"Bad mommy" ma w sobie wszystko, co dobry thriller powinien mieć - tajemnicę, suspens, interesujących bohaterów, niebanalną historię i całkiem niezłe zakończenie. Niestety naszemu wydaniu brak jednego - dobrego tłumacza/edytora/korektora. Fraza "Wyszedł za ciebie (..)" (skierowane do kobiety) sprawiło, że miałam ochotę rzucić książką o ścianę. Mam ochotę sięgnąć po "Margo" tej samej autorki, ale boję się, że natknę się tam na podobne koszmarki :(
O tym że z Fig jest coś nie tak, wiemy od początku. Nie wiemy jednak do końca jak głęboko sięgają jej złudzenia. Co jest prawdą, a co fantazją? Balansujemy na granicy obrzydzenia i fascynacji jej osobowością.
Jednak nie tylko Fig jest w tej książce fascynująca - małżeństwo w którego życie Fig wkracza: Jolene i Darius Avery też ma kilka trupów w szafie :)
"Bad mommy" ma w sobie wszystko, co dobry thriller powinien mieć - tajemnicę, suspens, interesujących bohaterów, niebanalną historię i całkiem niezłe zakończenie. Niestety naszemu wydaniu brak jednego - dobrego tłumacza/edytora/korektora. Fraza "Wyszedł za ciebie (..)" (skierowane do kobiety) sprawiło, że miałam ochotę rzucić książką o ścianę. Mam ochotę sięgnąć po "Margo" tej samej autorki, ale boję się, że natknę się tam na podobne koszmarki :(
thenerdymom's review against another edition
5.0
“You have to voice your thoughts so you can know you’re not the only one who’s fucked up.”
Fig, Jolene, and Darius. What a trio. Okay, you see in a nutshell, Fig is a psychopath. Jolene is the kind of person you wish to be (no matter what Fig wants to say about her), and Darius..ohhh Darius. I guess you’ll have to just find out for yourself.
In more or less words, Fig has had absolutely no luck in the baby department which is extremely sad and unfortunate but holds ZERO value in excused as to why you would try to take another woman’s child. Am I right? well, that’s not how Fig sees it. Enter Mercy. Jolene and Darius Avery’s little girl. As soon as Fig saw her she knew. This was her child and she was supposed to be her mother. After studying Jolene’s maternal habits it was decided from that point on. Jolene is a Bad Mommy and would take Mercy by any means necessary.
Tarryn Fisher does it again and again. I completed this book in just 2 sittings, 4 hours total. That tells you something about an author, right? Every book of Tarryn’s I have picked up has been inhaled like a smell you can’t get enough of. Bad Mommy in particular was a side of crazy that only another crazy can create (and I mean this in the absolute best way). I love that Tarryn constantly gives us–plain and simple–fucked up-ness from her characters because hey, no one is perfect. Her writing is raw and deep with emotion, keeping us submerged in whatever world she’s created for us.. if only for that moment.
Picking a favorite character in a book I enjoyed so much is always such a hard task for me. With Bad Mommy I will 100% always choose Jolene. Though I am not a mother, I can identify and empathize with her character. That’s what we like to do, isn’t it? We like to relate ourselves to anything we can grasp and hold onto, in order to feel we aren’t alone. I love this about Jolene, giving us a relatable life.
Who would I choose to read this book? Hmm, anyone who can stomach a writer such as Tarryn. If you can’t, I’m sorry you’re so weak, because you’re missing out on one of the most incredible authors who tells kick-ass stories.
(PS. It also helps that Tarryn is an incredible human being, just saying!)
kelseyallen's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
this BORDERED on corny. the twist ending was a little… hm. i had to google if it was based on a true story, which i don’t believe it is.
the story started one way and ended a completely different way… but like, i kind of wanted to see the story play out the way the first half made us believe it would? i’m just left feeling underwhelmed
the story started one way and ended a completely different way… but like, i kind of wanted to see the story play out the way the first half made us believe it would? i’m just left feeling underwhelmed
lzachesky's review against another edition
5.0
All 5!! Ohhhh What a twisted and crazy un-put-downable beautiful mess! Loved the characters. Loved the writing. Loved that last sentence!!! Highly recommend this to anyone who likes to read about what it's like to be triple dipped in crazy juice. lol
bookber's review against another edition
3.0
Tarryn Fisher is usually an instant success with me, having previously loved The Wives and Marrow, so when I saw this creepy thriller I instantly added it to my TBR. We follow Fig Coxbury as she becomes insanely jealous of another woman’s life, deciding to buy the house next door to her so she can start infiltrating the family in the hopes of replacing her.
Although this was a fast-paced thriller from the get go with an interesting and morally ambiguous protagonist, it all fell a bit flat for me. I liked how there were 3 parts each narrated by a different character as I’m not sure I could’ve read the whole book from just one of their perspectives. I think I was expecting a really dramatic or twisty ending that never came, and the “reveals” were dropped in so casually to the point where I didn’t feel shocked or care very much.
And lastly, Fig started to irritate the hell out of me! I still enjoyed this book but I couldn’t help feeling slightly disappointed with it, so hopefully my next read from Tarryn Fisher will be more for me.
Although this was a fast-paced thriller from the get go with an interesting and morally ambiguous protagonist, it all fell a bit flat for me. I liked how there were 3 parts each narrated by a different character as I’m not sure I could’ve read the whole book from just one of their perspectives. I think I was expecting a really dramatic or twisty ending that never came, and the “reveals” were dropped in so casually to the point where I didn’t feel shocked or care very much.
And lastly, Fig started to irritate the hell out of me! I still enjoyed this book but I couldn’t help feeling slightly disappointed with it, so hopefully my next read from Tarryn Fisher will be more for me.