A review by citren
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

2.5

I really liked what this book was trying to say at least i think i did because the way it decided to tell it was very weird. I think it was trying to say that mothers should be held to such a high standard and that they can make bad decisions but that doesn't necessarily make them a bad mother. I agree with all those things but!

This book was too long. I didn't like the writing style. The relationship between Frida and the ai robot child seemed so shallow. Because most of the time she's treating the child as an assignment but then somehow she loves it? Now i would get this if it was written well but it wasn't. I also really wish the author focused even more on Firdas childhood and her emotions (in general and during her childhood).

The ending got me so confused bc it was so rushed and bc it felt like the author didn't know how to end the story so she just said fuck it.