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shargrave81's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Murder
gaby_readsss's review against another edition
- 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
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
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder
anne_reader's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Confinement, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Violence, Misogyny, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The narrators were good, but their voices were too similar and made it harder to keep track of whose POV you were in if you came back to the book in the middle of a chapter. Luckily the chapters were named for the character whose POV it was from.
Overall a good book, I just wish it had been a bit less predictable.
Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, and Death of parent
Minor: Mental illness, Abortion, and Animal cruelty
lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
"Good Bad Girl" follows a cast of women who are all hiding something. Twenty years ago, a baby was kidnapped in a grocery store, and in the present day a woman is murdered in a nursing home. These two crimes are somehow connected and the entire cast of women are about to find out how their stories are meant to come together.
I was very invested in this story from the beginning. All of these characters are somewhat morally gray, and they made decisions that I was not entirely on board with, but that is what made them interesting. I really empathized with Patience because she has such a good heart and it is evident from the first page how much she is struggling. She is working so tirelessly to save up enough money to be able to start a new life, and my heart just went out to her. I was also sympathetic towards Edith in the beginning. She feels like her family just left her to die in the nursing home, and she wants nothing more to just go home and be with her dog around her own things.
Even though I anticipated some of the twists in the story, I was still entirely invested, and I did not anticipate everything that ultimately happened. Alice Feeney is great at creating amazing turns and character developments that I do not see coming.
I look forward to enjoying more from Alice Feeney in the future.
Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Child death, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
Minor: Pregnancy
kris386's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Mental illness, and Medical content
Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Dementia, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Abortion
bekah1210's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, and Death
Minor: Mental illness and Abortion
diannasbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Dementia, and Grief
Minor: Animal cruelty