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The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

17 reviews

rrubin97's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Twisty read where the twist is partially easy to figure out but still surprises at the end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infertility and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse

hkropp77's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Child death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

hannahrenae's review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Infertility and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

aimzthereader's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I liked this book even more than The Mother in Law , I think Sally Hepworth is going to be an auto read author for me. I guessed the mystery fairly early in but i still really enjoyed the book. Most of the characters are horrible but I don’t mind that. I really enjoyed unraveling the truths form the lies and I enjoy unreliable narrators  . I felt the pacing was really nice and there were many times that I got so tense and so angry at the characters or what was going on, which for me is a mark of a great book. 

You will not like this book if you don’t like unreliable narrators or need to have redeemable characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

a_lit_babe's review

informative mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If you are a lover of psychological fiction, omg, get in here fast! You will love this one. Omg, this book mind fucked me😂 I thought I was right about something but it turned around to be wrong and I totally totally loved that. 

I also loved that this book showed insights into the life of a neurodiverse person and lets me see how some things that I would see as normal affect another human being. It further showed that someone does not have to be physically disabled to be a disabled person. 

This book had me in my feelings. My heart was in my throat. So many times, I kept muttering "omg" as a new dawn of realization befell me or saw I realised a truth. At a point, I started to pray and begging God that there was a light at the end of the tunnel of the craziness!! 

I wanted to hug Fern so bad. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Child death, Drug abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

hmj11001's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia

jack_e_bee's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Toxic relationship