Good Me, Bad Me in Deadly Divas Book Club

Nov 17, 2017 Danielle (The Blonde Likes Books) rated it liked it

Shelves: netgalley-edelweiss-publisher, thrillers-mystery

At fifteen years old, Millie is living with a foster family preparing to testify against her mother, who has killed nine children while Millie was living at home with her. As the trial draws nearer, Millie still hears her mother in her head, and can't help but wonder if she's more similar to her mother than she cares to admit. Will Millie follow in her mothers footsteps, or will she choose a new life?

Good Me, Bad Me was a book I was really excited to read and was highly anticipating! It had a l At fifteen years old, Millie is living with a foster family preparing to testify against her mother, who has killed nine children while Millie was living at home with her. As the trial draws nearer, Millie still hears her mother in her head, and can't help but wonder if she's more similar to her mother than she cares to admit. Will Millie follow in her mothers footsteps, or will she choose a new life?

Good Me, Bad Me was a book I was really excited to read and was highly anticipating! It had a lot of hype and great reviews, and the premise sounded excellent. Unfortunately, I think this one fell victim to the hype a little bit for me. While I enjoyed it, I didn't love it the way many others did.

Good Me, Bad Me is told from Millie's point of view, and the writing style is very unique. The author uses lots of fragmented sentences in the writing, which really made it feel like we were hearing Millie's thoughts, rather than constant fluent coherent sentences that we as readers have come to expect from our books, and I really liked that.

I think where I struggled was around the fact that the book didn't quite read like a thriller. The majority of the plot was spent in the time leading up to the trial where Millie would be testifying against her mother, and detailed the daily life that Millie had settled into with her foster parents, Mike and Saskia, and their daughter Phoebe. Phoebe absolutely hated Millie, and made it her mission to pretty much torment her on a regular basis. She was horrible, and just a bully in general, and essentially made it her mission to be as awful to Millie as possible. While I didn't mind that storyline, I wasn't expecting it to be the majority of the plot, but it was. I was also expecting a lot of twists and turns throughout the book, but overall the story was very straightforward, and while there were two minor plot twists, I saw them both coming, so overall the booked lacked the thrilling suspense element for me.

Lastly, there were some references to Millie's past, specifically around her brother, that I would have loved to have spent more time reading about. They were mentioned, but not really covered in depth, and I would love to have read what would essentially be a prequel to this book - the life Millie lived with her abusive murderous mother, and how she turned her in and finally escaped from her. That wasn't covered in depth in this book.

When all was said and done, I did enjoy the book, but I didn't love it. I rated this one 3.5 stars. I know I'm in the minority on this one, and that the majority of other reviews absolutely loved this one, so if the plot sounds interesting to you, definitely check it out! Thank you to NetGalley, Ali Land, and Penguin Books for an advanced copy of the book. It was my pleasure to provide an honest review. ...more

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May 06, 2018 Holly in Bookland rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2018

Disturbing.........but, I couldn’t put it down.

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Aug 17, 2017 Jade Wright rated it it was amazing

Annie is the daughter of a serial killer.
Annie handed her mother over to the police.
Annie is now called Milly, living with a foster family until her mothers trial... but every family - every person - has their secrets... this one is no different.

Milly is faced with a hateful foster sister, Phoebe, who constantly torments her throughout the weeks leading up to her mothers trial.
Is Milly able to rise above it, or is there some dormant evil lying deep within her? Will she retaliate, or let it go ...more

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Feb 18, 2018 Krissy loves to read rated it it was amazing

Wow, wow wow!!! I finished this today and can’t stop thinking about it! I had no idea what is was about and I’m glad, this was a total surprise and sucked me in instantly! Dark and twisted in every way!

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Jul 27, 2018 Julie rated it liked it

This wasn't at all what I was expecting.... I'm pretty sure I liked it. But it is one of those books that's going to have to sit with me for a bit.

I would recommend this one on audio! I really enjoyed the narration. ...more

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Aug 14, 2018 Kristen Sullivan rated it it was ok · review of another edition

2.5 Stars

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Aug 23, 2017 Kate Henderson rated it it was amazing

Really enjoyed this book. Read this on audiobook on audible. The narrator was great and slightly sinister that really suited the character. Really enjoyed this on audiobook and it really built the tension. I didn't want to stop listening. Hope I'd still feel the same if I had read the book. ...more

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