Reviews with content warning for Rape - The Good Girls

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The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett

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cecinamo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I really liked the story idea and the sapphic couple, but overall the book dragged a bit at some points. It was still an enjoyable read and an interesting mystery!
The book did have a lot of heavy topics though, like rape, assault, murder and homophobia.

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mms_me's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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bookedandbusy's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was an incredible thriller. It was twisty and kept me guessing! I loved it.

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juliafranzis's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

At the beginning I had to adjust a little with all the names and characters (which are only 4 mcs but still lol) but a few chapters in I was totally intrigued by the story and I did NOT see the outcome coming

Cn rape
I think the author portrayed Lizzy's story, her dependence to Mr G and the following issues realistic
I also think the way the police reacts to the rape accusations is sadly far too realistic but I consider it quite important that this gets addressed in the book

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xlaurareads's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

a nice enough ya mystery story with a bit of a feminist twist, but to be honest, i was expecting way more of this one. the first 45% of the book were so slow-paced and all the different pov's were so confusing that i sometimes had a hard time not putting the book down and mark it as a dnf. however, it got better around halfway through and more interesting as we finally found out what the whole case was about. still, it was incredibly confusing most times, the ending seemed a bit rushed and i don't think all the characters really got the closure they deserved and there should've been a bit more to it. also, there was some stuff that really had me like "umm..wth? that's not really feminist right here" for a novel that claims to have such a great feminist approach. well, all in all, the story was nice enough but nothing special and if i had known more about the actual story happening than just the praise of the blurb, i wouldn't have picked it up.

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