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The Good Girls by

18 reviews

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Biphobia, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

thisiscourt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Biphobia, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

countingsheep's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing! I was very confused, but then the pieces started coming together and it was just so good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Murder, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Minor: Biphobia, Cursing, and Gun violence

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Oh, how I wanted to love this more than I did! While I admire its intention, I thought it was poorly executed, hindered by jarring switches in perspective and stereotypical characters. It reads so much like a Riverdale or Pretty Little Liars season that I have to wonder if it'd be better suited to television. A bummer!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Drug use, and Eating disorder

nickoliver's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

I feel very conflicted about how to rate this. First of all, there were certain things that I found confusing and messy, but I listened to the story on audiobook, so I don't know if that problem had existed if I'd read it physically. And secondly, it was just a very hard book? The topic of the story was a lot darker than I expected and went almost nauseatingly into more detail than I thought it would. 

But I did like the story for the most part! I especially adored Claude, she was amazing. And there were some important messages in the book, especially about girls' sexuality and about how victims of sexual assault weren't believed. And two of the main girls were bisexual and lesbian respectively. (The only bad part about that? The bisexual girl played into the trope of bisexuals being cheaters, though the author also criticised many biphobic actions.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Gun violence

kelsireads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

irisheyz77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

queerly_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use