A review by stellyshadows
The Good Girl by Michelle Dunne

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

We have a past and present timeline and we are following Grace. Grace and her sister Amber has had a rough childhood and that reflects in Grace’s adulthood. Not used to UK or Irish narrators so it threw me off a little. Third person pov, as usual I think that most times stories would hit harder if they are in first person. Going between the past and present timelines are hard to follow for me. It’s probably cause of the narrator but this story has been hard hitting and right away I’ve been liking it. We also get the character Maggie’s pov. This is very character driven and I do like that we get to know about the hard stuff Amber is going through and how Grace is trying to protect her at all costs and wants to get revenge for her and she’s proud of that. Other than we getting to see how Amber and Grace were when they were in the past timeline and even now with Amber barely seeming to hold on to life day by day with her sickness because of drugs it kind of drags on for me at times and I just wish some stuff would just get to the point but it’s not a bad book by any means! I do like it and I do recommend. I just took a while to finish it because I couldn’t focus sometimes.