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moxiereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
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
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
velsbooknook's review against another edition
4.5
"Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things."
A very fun and fast-paced mystery in my opinion!
Thank you to Alice Feeney, Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment