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A review by meegzreads
The Good Mother by Rae Cairns
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
*4 Stars*
I read this book after recently reading "Dying to Know" by this same author (her second book) and loving it. The good Mother is the first book written by Rae Cairns and it was great. At first it felt a little slow, but that may have just been my reading period/outside factors at the time I started this book.
Once you really got into it and Sarah gets on that flight, everything really snowballs and happens really fast. I didn't know who she should be trusting, what was really going on - was she over-reacting? Was she right to be acting the way she was and as scared as she was? Just how far would these people go?
Things played out in a way that I really did not expect, and the ending made me feel quite emotional. Gripping writing by this author, and now that I've read two of her books, I'll definitely be on the lookout for more. A new author to me who I suspect will become a favourite.
I read this book after recently reading "Dying to Know" by this same author (her second book) and loving it. The good Mother is the first book written by Rae Cairns and it was great. At first it felt a little slow, but that may have just been my reading period/outside factors at the time I started this book.
Once you really got into it and Sarah gets on that flight, everything really snowballs and happens really fast. I didn't know who she should be trusting, what was really going on - was she over-reacting? Was she right to be acting the way she was and as scared as she was? Just how far would these people go?
Things played out in a way that I really did not expect, and the ending made me feel quite emotional. Gripping writing by this author, and now that I've read two of her books, I'll definitely be on the lookout for more. A new author to me who I suspect will become a favourite.