The Good Daughter

Karin Slaughter

2017 • 528 pages

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Average rating3.8

Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father - Pikeville's notorious defense attorney - devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night. Twenty-eight years later, and Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself - the ideal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again - and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatized - Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Not only is she the first witness on the scene, but it's a case that unleashes the terrible memories she's spent so long trying to suppress. Because the shocking truth about the crime that destroyed her family nearly 30 years ago won't stay buried forever.

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The Good Daughter is a 2-book series with 1 primary work first released in 2017 with contributions by Karin Slaughter.

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My first Karin Slaughter book didn't turn out like I expected.

With all the hype about this book, I was very looking forward to read it. What I wanted from this book was:

-A fast paced story with a good character development. -A good mystery to keep me reading. -Likable characters. -Good turns and twists in the story.

However, what I got was a slow story that mainly focused in the family relationships. The mystery wasn't mysterious enough. The shooting in the school and Kelly's scenes were interesting, but unfortunately they weren't the main focus of this book. Also, I didn't quite like the characters, well, except maybe Samantha. She was the reason that I finished the book.

By other side, there weren't many twists in the story as I hoped. I won't denied that there was a twist almost at the end that changed everything. But it wasn't shocking at all.

I don't hate the book, but I can't say I enjoyed it either. It was good, but not that good.

I won this book through GoodReads and I thank to publishers for providing me this copy. My review isn't influenced by this fact.

October 28, 2017

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“I've got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.”

Before I get into this review, I do just want to give a disclaimer that there are triggering subjects and scenes in this book that go into graphic detail so maybe check out the trigger warnings beforehand.

Now into the review...

I have been wanting to read some of Karin Slaughter's books for so long. She has always been an author that has been hyped up when it comes to Thriller and Mystery books. I am so happy to say that I was not left disappointed.

The Good Daughter, from the very moment it started, had me hooked by its twisted and eerie atmosphere. When I'm reading from this genre, I want to be left feeling unsettled and this did that so perfectly.

I didn't want to put this down because I felt sucked into the whirlpool that had so many questions that needed answers. The mystery? The plot twists? This was everything I was wanting it to be. I can't express how many times I went out to my family and uttered the words “Karin Slaughter? What a writer!”

Usually, when books jump between two timelines it can become quite confusing and difficult to follow but the way it was written in this book was executed so well and left me wanting to read more from both timelines.

I can see myself revisiting this book in the future and I am so excited to read more by this author!