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Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney

37 reviews

whatsbethanyreading's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective sad 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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shargrave81's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious slow-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

4.0

Book was slow to start out and it took me a while to put the pieces of the puzzle together but as the story and characters developed it drew me in more and I didn’t want to put the book down! Ending was a total shocker!

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christygsp's review against another edition

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2.0

This book felt scattered for 80% so it’s only fitting if my thoughts are just as scattered… here we go. 

Confusing a reader to the point where they can’t pick up even a thread of what’s going on until the very last 20% of a book is not a good thing. Having mystery and intrigue is great, but making a reader so turned around that they can’t even grab hold of the larger plot was so disjointed that I wanted to quit so many times. 
The overall story was clever and characters were unreliable and deeply flawed. It was an only okay book, with only okay characters, BUT with an amazing reveal sequence. 

Nitpicks:
Truth is OBJECTIVE. Anything else is opinion, perspective and experience. I hate that people dilute the meaning of this very important word. 

Faith and fear are OPPOSITES, not interwoven similarities. 

The Sea and Sky both follow rules - the tide and atmosphere levels for example. 

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thackerleah's review against another edition

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mysterious

3.0


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ashtynstarkey'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? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Alice Feeney has quickly become one of my favorite mystery/thriller authors because of her wild and completely unexpected twists that just keep coming! This book only got 4 stars from me because there wasn’t really the shock or wow factor that I was expecting after reading her other books. I still really enjoyed figuring out the mystery as it revealed itself and just being along for the ride. 

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gaby_readsss's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is my third book by Alice Feeney, and I have to say this is not my personal favorite of hers, but I still really liked it.

I really enjoyed the mystery and reading all the different points of view. The story begins with the end which I thought was really cool. I was right about a few things, and as the story progressed and more pieces of the puzzle were revealed, I had to reread the first chapter and be like, “OH MY GOD! THE ANSWER WAS THERE ALL ALONG!”. The writing was tricky but once you put the pieces together it is very obvious what Feeney did with the writing.  I did not see the ending coming! I literally said “WHAT THE F*CK?!” out loud lol. That was fun. 

Overall, this was a good mystery book that kept me entertained and eager to keep reading. I loved the short chapters and engaging plot.

I felt like the crime aspect of it was a bit hard to believe. It was a bit of a reach for the person to be able to get away with it. Like there were so many ways they would have been identified as the murderer in real life, (fingerprints, cameras, audio, eye witnesses… that sort of thing) but I’ll pretend none of those things existed lol. 

 I’m just a fan of Alice Feeney’s books, and how she can write a twisted mystery tale while using figures of speech at the same time that make her 
writing very unique for the genre. 

read this book if you enjoy:
- multiple pov’s
- solving murder/disappearance mysteries
- short chapters
- books about strong female connections 

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julienicole1106's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5


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robinsons515's review against another edition

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

4.0


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tspice24's review against another edition

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

4.5


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bertrandlm's review against another edition

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

4.5


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