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msoh 's review for:
Such a Good Family
by Caitlin Weaver
Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for providing this book, with my honest review below.
At first I forgot that Such a Good Family wasn’t a mystery or thriller due to its cover evoking memories of some very good ones, but I was glad to see it as general and women’s fiction because this book, which is excellent, definitely isn’t of the mystery and thriller genre. This was a great exploration for women and girls of when sexual assault occurs and they aren’t believed by all as well as how it can occur close to home and how that plays out in even the closest friendships.
Lorrie and Eden are best friends but when Summer, Eden’s daughter, accuses Knox, Lorrie’s son, of rape their friendship and the lives of others in their neighborhood and town change overnight. Lorrie doesn’t know her son as well as she thinks and no one really knows Eden and what she’s been through. There are other characters that get a spot light in this story, Knox and Summer, of course, but also Archie, Lorrie’s son, and Jules, who is new to the neighborhood following a marriage to a long time neighbor who left his wife for her. All perspectives are extremely well done and the story culminated in a very satisfying climax. As a woman this spoke to me, but I think it’s a great book for all.
At first I forgot that Such a Good Family wasn’t a mystery or thriller due to its cover evoking memories of some very good ones, but I was glad to see it as general and women’s fiction because this book, which is excellent, definitely isn’t of the mystery and thriller genre. This was a great exploration for women and girls of when sexual assault occurs and they aren’t believed by all as well as how it can occur close to home and how that plays out in even the closest friendships.
Lorrie and Eden are best friends but when Summer, Eden’s daughter, accuses Knox, Lorrie’s son, of rape their friendship and the lives of others in their neighborhood and town change overnight. Lorrie doesn’t know her son as well as she thinks and no one really knows Eden and what she’s been through. There are other characters that get a spot light in this story, Knox and Summer, of course, but also Archie, Lorrie’s son, and Jules, who is new to the neighborhood following a marriage to a long time neighbor who left his wife for her. All perspectives are extremely well done and the story culminated in a very satisfying climax. As a woman this spoke to me, but I think it’s a great book for all.