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Thankfully I ignored the comparisons. The Good Girl definitely has a vibe similar to Gone Girl. Missing girl. Multiple narratives. The difference is I hated all the Gone Girl characters. (except perhaps the sister) I hated them and waited for every one of their lies and manipulations to be punished. The ending fell sadly short. I was left with no satisfaction. No, or little, retribution.

The Good Girl is the polar opposite. I really liked the characters. Or most of them. I felt their struggles were real. Their interactions were real. The bad guys were developed enough to identify and dislike them, but the story is not about the bad guys. It's about surviving. Surviving trauma the began before and ended well after a kidnapping.

p.s. the ending is thoroughly satisfying


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The Good Girl English Edition Mary Kubica Books Reviews

For some reason, perhaps the title alone, this book has been compared to "Gone Girl" - but where "Gone Girl" is well written, fast paced, and always readable, "The Good Girl" has lots of awkward writing, is slow paced (because it jumps around so much that we want to yell, "Get on with it!"), and very easy to put down. I stuck with it for a week or so till I mercifully reached the end, and the modest surprises there do not compensate for the long, slow slog through this fairly simple story. The main character, suffering from amnesia, is pretty much a cipher, and a detective with not much to do (except comfort the relatives) and a semi-villain with what seems to be a good heart, round out the main characters. Read "Gone Girl" instead.
<strong>So Bad!</strong>

Let me start by saying, this book is awful, and that's really all you need to know. Poorly written, predictable plot, characters that are more like caricatures. I kept reading, thinking that closer to the end there'd be some twist I didn't see coming, but nope. This book was a complete waste of time! If you're expecting anything close to Gone Girl, you will be severely disappointed.

The story is about the abduction of Mia Dennett, told through the point of view of her abductor, Colin; her mother, Eve; and the detective investigating Mia's case, Gabe. Through these characters, the reader is trying to figure out what happened, since Mia, once she is rescued, has amnesia. (Insert eye roll here)

The poor writing, stereotyping of characters, and poorly developed relationships between the characters made this book almost unreadable, not to mention the bizarre and distracting sexual tension between Mia's mother and the detective. I kept asking, "Why do these two characters need to be attracted to each other?" It did nothing to progress the story line, and wasn't even developed enough to be a subplot, so I just didn't understand why it was part of the story.

Both Colin's and Mia's fathers are laughable caricatures. Colin's father is the violent drunk that abandons his family and Mia's is the rich judge we are supposed to hate because he is aloof and detached and loves money more than his own family. The emotions I was supposed to feel just never surfaced because I was too distracted by my giggles as I read the cliched and predictable character descriptions and plot points.

The icing on the cake was the supposed plot twist at the end, where the reader finally learns what was really going on. The last 10 or 12 pages is told from Mia's point of view, but if you are hoping for some sick and twisted but ultimately genius plot twist (ala Gone Girl) please skip this one, or like me your eyes might roll so far back in your head as you are reading that you will fear they may get stuck like that.
I'm going to start by saying I did not like this book. The Good Girl is about a girl named Mia who goes to a bar one night to meet her boyfriend for dinner. Her boyfriend never shows up, so she ends up leaving with another man named Colin. Little does she know, Colin is not the nice man she thought he was. He was paid to kidnap her, but instead of bringing her to his boss, he drives her to a remote cabin in the cold outskirts of Wisconsin.

The Good Girl was told in three points of view over two time periods. We hear from Mia in the past ("before") and present ("after"), her mother Eve before and after, and the deceptive Gabe before and after. I'm finding that I don't like books that do this as much as I do having one POV. I think it can be done right, but more often than not, when it's done in a thriller it takes away from the suspense and mystery, because you already know what each character is doing and thinking. If the story was told just from Eve or Gabe's point of view, there would have been a lot more opportunities for reveals and surprises.

Almost everything in this book fell flat for me. Everything was really predictable, I didn't connect to any of the characters, and I didn't care what happened to them. The blurb on the book led me to believe that there would be a lot of suspense in this book, and to me, there was none. I honestly was bored throughout most of it, and there were a number of times I almost walked away from it and marked it as DNF. Additionally, I've see other reviewers mentioning that they felt it was fast-paced, and I didn't feel the same way. It could be because I was so bored, but I felt like the story dragged on, and considering the book was only ~350 pages, that's not a great thing.

Another thing I did like (that had no impact on my review) was that a lot of the story was set in Chicago. I live in Chicago, so I loved being able to understand references and locations!

Anyway, I can't say I'd recommend this book, though the book has decent reviews, so I'm clearly in the minority here. I have a few other books by Mary Kubica on my list, and I'll have to do some more research to decide if I still want to read them. The one thing I will give her is that she's a fine writer. I had no issue with her writing, just issue with the way it was executed (POVs) and the storyline.
Thankfully I ignored the comparisons. The Good Girl definitely has a vibe similar to Gone Girl. Missing girl. Multiple narratives. The difference is I hated all the Gone Girl characters. (except perhaps the sister) I hated them and waited for every one of their lies and manipulations to be punished. The ending fell sadly short. I was left with no satisfaction. No, or little, retribution.

The Good Girl is the polar opposite. I really liked the characters. Or most of them. I felt their struggles were real. Their interactions were real. The bad guys were developed enough to identify and dislike them, but the story is not about the bad guys. It's about surviving. Surviving trauma the began before and ended well after a kidnapping.

p.s. the ending is thoroughly satisfying