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A review by sakisreads
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Oof, this was a very intense and upsetting book 😦 Definitely not a light bedtime read (which is what I treated it as, and regretted almost immediately afterwards 😂)!
Frida starts out by having her ‘very bad day’. Whilst taking care of her daughter Harriet, she forgets a document at work and leaves Harriet sleeping in the house. As a child naturally may, Harriet starts crying a bit during her sleep to which neighbours call the police on Frida.
Frida ends up at the ‘School for Good Mothers’ (which, as said beautifully by The Telegraph, is ‘The Handmaid’s Tale for the Squid Games generation’).
I would highly recommend to anyone who enjoyed The Handmaid’s Tale and need a feminist text 🔥 So so interesting!
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship