Reviews with content warning for Murder - Good Girl, Bad Girl

It’s definitely a great book for mystery and thriller lovers even though I was able to figure out some of the twists before they happened. But I was not able to figure out all of them and got caught with some of the red herrings. But it’s such an interesting book about The murder of a young girl as well as looking at the trauma for people who experience loss of family to murder.

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vivisms_82's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious

3.25

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pernillelsk's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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afterthestorms's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I actually really liked this book. It's not that different from many other thrillers but the author build an interesting plot ( I didn't manage to guess the end for a change!) and the characters have depth.

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sarasbooks's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.5

A young girl is found hiding in a secret room after a terrible crime is discovered. She won't tell anyone what happened. She is filthy and shows signs of having suffered a lot. Nobody knows her name, who she is, where she came from.

Six years later, she still has no identity and lives in a secure children's home but is now called Evie.

Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven, who is haunted by his own past, comes into her life when she demands to be released as an adult.

Meanwhile, Cyrus is investigating the murder of a high-school figure-skating champion, Jodie. One girl needs saving and another needs justice.

What a book! It's such an entertaining mystery with complex characters, that I cared about. As the story progressed, I kept trying to solve the mysteries and when the shocking truths were finally revealed I was still very surprised. I did not see the twists coming.

I also loved the psychological aspect of the novel. Cyrus' psychological reasoning of the suspect's behavior was very interesting. He pays attention to little details and that makes the reader want to notice those too.

Evie also has this incredible ability to tell if someone is telling the truth or lying, only by observing the person's body language.

Both make a great team, as they slowly get closer and help each other out.

I'm so excited to read the sequel, 'When she was good'!

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jasperoz's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I'm usually hesitant to read Michael Robotham's books when they aren't part of his Joe O'Loughlin series, however, I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I really liked the new main character Cyrus, and Robotham is very talented at writing very real characters, who have very real flaws and weaknesses, as well as strengths. The plot for this one was very interesting, and although somewhat predictable, the writing and the characters more than make up for it, to create a very well worth it read.

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