The Good Sister

This book was provided to me by NetGalley for free in exchange for an honest review.

I have to be honest when I say that I did not enjoy this book. It reeled me in by the premise and I was really looking forward to figuring out this mystery. I was extremely disappointing at how the girls ended up having different mothers but the same father. I understand that the whole idea was that the father's genes took over and that is why they were so similar. Are we to believe that the girls themselves just thought they were more similar than they really were? I know they mentioned that Valentina has almond shaped eyes and different coloured hair but that still means that they are basically the same person. I was looking forward to hearing something about how they were separated at birth, NOT switched. I found Josie to be a ridiculous door mat, which I understand was supposed to be a contrast between her and Valenitna but it was to a point where she made stupid decisions just because it was convenient for the book and not because that is something a person would do.

The texting also bothered me. I get that they were younger women but I honestly haven't met anyone who is under the age of 17 who still texts using shortened version of words, like we did when we used to use messenger in elementary school (circa early 2000s).

We were supposed to believe that Helen never at first suspected that he had another family? I know that Josie was supposed to be the naive one but Helen didn't even question the trigger fingers, even though it is something a child is born with. Do the doctors not say anything when she was taken in for an operation? Or are they in cahoots with Jerry as well?

I found Josie's and Arun's relationship to be ridiculous as well. They are together for 5 years, if I remember correctly, and he can't possibly tell her that he doesn't want Valentina around without backing it up? That is not how a healthy couple functions,. which we were lead to believe they were.

Also the fact that they are British is very played up with the “hun” etc. in the beginning but then completely disregarded for any other part of the book.

Josie's arrest made the cops look like bumbling idiots. Sure they were waiting for the DNA tests to come back, but they really could have just left her in there until after they came back. What was the point of harassing her?

I fount Brett and Lisa to be useless side characters and didn't seem to add anything to the story except for the fact that maybe Brett was super creepy towards Josie. Did he think that because they weren't really family that it was appropriate?

I just felt like the book didn't answer any questions, and it's not in the sense that we are supposed to let our mind wander and figure it out for ourselves but it was just basic questions that needed to be answered to clear up the plot.