Thursday 28 December 2017

#BookReview The Good Daughter by Alexandra Burt @AvonBooksUK @Marablaise

The Good Daughter by Alexandra Burt
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

What if you were the worst crime your mother ever committed?

Dahlia Waller’s childhood memories consist of stuffy cars, seedy motels, and a rootless existence traveling the country with her eccentric mother. Now grown, she desperately wants to distance herself from that life. Yet one thing is stopping her from moving forward: she has questions.

In order to understand her past, Dahlia must go back. Back to her mother in the stifling town of Aurora, Texas. Back into the past of a woman on the brink of madness. But after she discovers three grave-like mounds on a neighbouring farm, she’ll learn that in her mother’s world of secrets, not all questions are meant to be answered…


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The Good Daughter is a book that I've been putting off reading because of the very varied reactions from my friends on Goodreads, some loved the book, and some ... did not. It's also a thick book, and being unsure about my reaction and seeing the thick book made me read other books instead. However, I braved it (since I'm trying to get through my NetGalley pile) and was pleasantly surprised at how interesting the book was, at first. I was curious to learn more about Dahlia and her mother, and what her mother is hiding. However, the book never turned out to be as good as I hoped it to be...

I have some very serious problems with the book: 
  • Lack of connection with the characters. I ended up not caring what happened to any of them, neither Memphis (Dahlia's Mother) nor Dahlia. 
  • The story was too long. I felt like crying when I finally finished the book, the last 100 pages was agony to get through.
  • The story had no surprising twists. At the end I was like, "is this it?"
  • The present story with the Jane Doe could have been skipped completely, felt totally irrelevant to the story. 
  • Quinn's story (the book's flashback story) was not bad, but it was pretty obvious "who" it was all about.
So, read it at your own risk! Perhaps you will like the book...

I want to thank Avon Books UK for providing me with a free copy through NetGalley for an honest review!

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