A review by mair_mcc
The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

3.5

This is one of the most disturbing, infuriating, heartbreaking books I have ever read (listened to). I think the author did really good job of setting the "scene" in terms of providing background context as to what being a young girl or woman in rural, poverty-stricken India is like (and I found myself having to remind myself that this happened less than 10 years ago - it feels like these girls were living in a different time). However, the case itself is so far-reaching and so poorly handled by investigators that I felt the story suffered from trying to wade through the bog of lies, misinformation and clear attempts by law enforcement to brush this case under the rug. The narrative jumped all over the place and I found myself getting a bit lost at times. 
By the time we got to the "conclusion" of the case (if you can call it that), the epilogue and the author's note, I was furious. It's the middle of my work day and I had to go take a walk to calm down my nervous system. I'll be thinking about these poor girls, their families and this story as a whole for a long time.