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Mia
Dennett, the Chicago-born daughter of a well-known judge, goes missing. After a
frantic three-month search, she is found miraculously alive in a cabin in
Wisconsin, though suffering from amnesia. As her desperate mother and the lead
detective on the case try to piece together what happened, alternating
narrators—her mother, the detective, and her captor—take turns telling what
happened in the weeks before and after Mia’s return.
Inevitable
comparisons to Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl will most certainly arise,
which should provide a good gauge with how you, the reader, might like this
book. The Good Girl is soft and sentimental, with a nicely bittersweet
ending. Compared to Flynn’s novel, it has none of the unapologetic nastiness,
acidic edge, or grit that makes Gone Girl such a visceral sucker-punch
to the sensibilities. If you felt the experience of reading Flynn’s novel was
as pleasant as popping a Black Cherry-flavored Warhead in your mouth, you may
find the sanguine sappiness of The Good Girl much more appealing.
I loved book. It was interesting from the very first chapter. No need to read a long time to establish and remember the characters. I liked the fact that there were just enough characters, but not so many that you couldn't remember them. And the characters were well developed. The mystery and the twists kept your interest going. And of course the ending was a bit of a surprise. Good read. Very good writing.
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I loved book. It was interesting from the very first chapter. No need to read a long time to establish and remember the characters. I liked the fact that there were just enough characters, but not so many that you couldn't remember them. And the characters were well developed. The mystery and the twists kept your interest going. And of course the ending was a bit of a surprise. Good read. Very good writing.
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