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

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I’ve been tormented by dystopia and mystery books lately, and for the start of my June reading, I tried to shoot this book. I am safe to say this book is so beautifully well-written but also a crazy and disturbing story. I mean, unsettling story about parenthood particularly when mothers get punished for their mistakes. Plus, when I first read this book I felt so mad at everyone, particularly the social workers.

❝ 𝘉𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘈𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵. ❞
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