Reviews with content warning for Child abuse - The Good Sister

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The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

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ash_bees's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Twin fraternal sister grow to become two very different people.

Could have been a nice rom com but for the strong undercurrent of emotional abuse, gaslighting, and codependency. Read at your own risk if you are triggered by abuse, in any sense of the term.

The bad twin is really, really, really bad at manipulation. Everyone sees throught it except, initially, the good twin who is one of the prime targets of the manipulation. That's a pretty major plot hole for me; it may be realistic that some folks might keep that observation to themselves, but not everyone.

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katosta8815's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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ree333's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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

4.5

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izzywizzy's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

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kdonovan's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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hezajc's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad

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

3.0

I listened to the audio version of this and while it kept me listening, not that much really happened - calling it a thriller feels not quite right. I knew we were dealing with an unreliable narrator, but the way in which it played out fell flat for me. All in all, this was fine/good, but not one that I would highly recommend.

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fkshg8465's review

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dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This is more of a 3.5. It’s an open ended story, but I don’t think a sequel would be very good. I appreciate a story about a woman of neurodiversity. She was well-portrayed and represented. I also liked the various perspectives given from each character’s point of view. I guess the Wally character was a bit weak for me. Both the mother and her boss needed more development as well.

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