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uranaishi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Abandonment
Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
willcommitarson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Abandonment
rochlay24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Kidnapping and Grief
Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
christygsp's review against another edition
2.0
Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Child abuse and Toxic relationship
anne_reader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content
Minor: Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
jessn13's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse
eh1736's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Child abuse
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The narrators were good, but their voices were too similar and made it harder to keep track of whose POV you were in if you came back to the book in the middle of a chapter. Luckily the chapters were named for the character whose POV it was from.
Overall a good book, I just wish it had been a bit less predictable.
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Abortion
lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
"Good Bad Girl" follows a cast of women who are all hiding something. Twenty years ago, a baby was kidnapped in a grocery store, and in the present day a woman is murdered in a nursing home. These two crimes are somehow connected and the entire cast of women are about to find out how their stories are meant to come together.
I was very invested in this story from the beginning. All of these characters are somewhat morally gray, and they made decisions that I was not entirely on board with, but that is what made them interesting. I really empathized with Patience because she has such a good heart and it is evident from the first page how much she is struggling. She is working so tirelessly to save up enough money to be able to start a new life, and my heart just went out to her. I was also sympathetic towards Edith in the beginning. She feels like her family just left her to die in the nursing home, and she wants nothing more to just go home and be with her dog around her own things.
Even though I anticipated some of the twists in the story, I was still entirely invested, and I did not anticipate everything that ultimately happened. Alice Feeney is great at creating amazing turns and character developments that I do not see coming.
I look forward to enjoying more from Alice Feeney in the future.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
Minor: Pregnancy
bekah1210's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Mental illness and Abortion