A review by nadia
A Good Man by Ani Katz
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- 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
3.25
This book wins points for intriguing me all of the way through. I kept turning the pages wanting to know what was going to happen. However, I feel like I needed more holes filled in for me to believe everything that came to pass in the story. Also, I'm still left wondering about the significance of certain events.
This book will be up your alley if you love unreliable, unlikable narrators, though, I couldn't stand the collective term this MC constantly used to refer to his wife and child, despite it likely just being part of his character.
Also, I can't stand when books spoil other books, movies, etc., and this has a spoiler for Where The Red Fern Grows, a book I've wanted to read for years now!
This book will be up your alley if you love unreliable, unlikable narrators, though, I couldn't stand the collective term this MC constantly used to refer to his wife and child, despite it likely just being part of his character.
Also, I can't stand when books spoil other books, movies, etc., and this has a spoiler for Where The Red Fern Grows, a book I've wanted to read for years now!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Animal death, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Fatphobia