The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: The Good Sister
AUTHOR: Sally Hepworth @sallyhepworth
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: April 13, 2021
The Review
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- I received this book for review and sharing from @Librofm ! I had not heard of it before but I love thrillers so I gave this one a try.
💜 What I liked:
- Fern is a super interesting character. She has sensory issues and that is something you don’t see often in a main character. Trying to filter through what is right, what happened, and who is telling the truth (or is it an unreliable narrator?) is what makes this book so entertaining.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- There are a few red herrings in this book. It’s not totally a bad thing, but sometimes it does come out of left field a bit.
💁♀️ The Characters:
- This story is told from 2 points of views. Fern tells the story in the present, through her life at the library and getting to know those people in her life. Rose tells the story in the past through a journal.
🚦 The Ending:
- There was a lot ot unpack in this ending!
💭 Consider if you like / Reminds me of:
- Slow burning mysteries with a main character who is not always represented.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Libro.
📘 Summary:
From the outside, everyone might think Fern and Rose are as close as twin sisters can be: Rose is the responsible one and Fern is the quirky one. But the sisters are devoted to one another and Rose has always been Fern’s protector from the time they were small.
Fern needed protecting because their mother was a true sociopath who hid her true nature from the world, and only Rose could see it. Fern always saw the good in everyone. Years ago, Fern did something very, very bad. And Rose has never told a soul. When Fern decides to help her sister achieve her heart’s desire of having a baby, Rose realizes with growing horror that Fern might make choices that can only have a terrible outcome. What Rose doesn’t realize is that Fern is growing more and more aware of the secrets Rose, herself, is keeping. And that their mother might have the last word after all.