Diane S ☔'s Reviews > The Good Daughter

2.5 I am giving this three stars because I kept reading, and did want to find out what happened. This was, however, much more graphic than I am comfortable with, and I resented the fact that it was repeated three different times in the book. While I know it was told from different viewpoints, and more details were uncovered in each telling, I thought it could have been done differently. Felt manipulated in the repetition of this horrific telling,as if it was used only for shock value. An additional plot line that brings the sisters back together, I felt became kind of lost, and became mostly a vehicle to further the main story.

I did like the characters, though I found much of this story unbelievable, that is within the parameters of the story. I can do unbelievable if it fits, which this did not. The last quarter of the book was a convoluted untangling of the storyline, where too much happens in a short space of time. Once again some of this had me rolling my eyes.

I have loved this authors books in the past, so my expectations were much higher. I did enjoy parts of this but as a whole, and after thinking it through for a day, I was disappointed. Another sisters read, with mixed results by the readers.

ARC from edelweiss.