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The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

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stephanieluxton's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring mysterious sad 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

I loved this book. This book is like Love on the Spectrum meets a psychological thriller.

The synopsis of this book doesn't feel totally accurate to me as this book is much more complex than you'd think. Fern and Rose are twins. Rose is neurotypical and Fern is autistic. Rose wants a baby but is struggling with fertility. Fern decides on her own that it'd be a lovely gift for her to have a baby to give Rose since they're twins. Fern wants to find a nice smart man to father the baby. She meets a guys at the library in which she works at and this event triggers a series of happenings that change her life forever and make her question everything she knows about herself and her life.

The author absolutely nailed writing the novel from the autistic perspective of Fern. It's hilarious and endearing. The book also contains excerpts from Roses diary which add context to her relationship with Fern and things that happened in their childhoods. Things start off pretty light then get a bit more tense in the second half. This story ended up being so much more than I expected. I thought it was brilliant.

The audiobook is really well narrated too!

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evawhite's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-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

4.0

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o_holynight's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense

Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Autistic baddies unite ✊

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llamallama527's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

I kind of loved this book. The mystery/thriller aspect didn't kick in right away, but I loved the characters so much that I wanted to keep listening so I could find out what the mystery was. It was slightly predictable, but not enough to bother me. And the author did a pretty incredible job of capturing autism in two different adults and how they might mask or employ adjustments or research to cope in the world built for neurotypicals, so that was pretty awesome!

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allielippe's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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andrearbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Let me just tell y'all yet again how much I LOVE a Sally Hepworth thriller. The twists and turns are just so, so damn good. And just when you think you've got it all figured out? There is one more thing she's got up her sleeve. This one is about two sisters - one sister serves as the primary narrator, and the other tells her story through journal entries. It's both current and past happenings, and the way they weave together are just so great.

I do want to know that I originally didn't read this given the pregnancy component of the story. Reading this now years later, I found that while a key plot point, the sister's relationship was the central focus.

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