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The Good Girl

Mary Kubica

Start date: March 1, 2017

Finish date: March 31, 2017

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Apr 25, 2019 Misty Melsheimer rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction, thriller

This was a pretty slow-paced novel. It wasn’t unpleasant, but there wasn’t suspense. I certainly wouldn’t call this a psychological thriller, though that's what it's classified as. The writing was simply okay. The characters were one-dimensional. Overall, the novel was unremarkable- not good, but not awful. The saving grace of this book was the twist, which I hadn't suspected.

Something I have to mention, which I’ve harped about in other reviews, is the detective developing a relationship with so ...more

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Jun 24, 2019 Nikki rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook

An interesting take on a kidnapping story, told in parts from three perspectives in different times (before and after the girl is found); the kidnapper, the detective, and the mother (all done well by three different narrators for the audible recording).

There is a fourth perspective that doesn't occur until the epilogue but you can't really know who as it could spoil things for you. Interesting discoveries in this, some good twists as well. ...more

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Sep 04, 2018 Marla Thrall rated it liked it

Shelves: 2019

I just finished The Good Girl on audiobook. It was good, but a pretty basic twisty turny book. I feel like half the new thrillers follow the same pattern these days and will probably completely forget what happened in a month. ...more

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Jul 21, 2015 Emily Rothstein rated it really liked it

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. I thought the story was really interesting. Interesting twists and turns. It was a page turner, which is always much appreciated!

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