Good Me Bad Me
A Novel
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4.2 • 180 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
How far does the apple really fall from the tree when the daughter of a serial killer is placed with a new, normal foster family? Room meets Dexter in Ali Land's international bestselling Good Me Bad Me, a dark, voice-driven novel of psychological suspense.
Fifteen year old Milly was raised by a serial killer: her mother. When she finally breaks away and tells the police everything about her mother’s crimes and years of abuse, she is given a new identity and placed in an affluent foster family and an exclusive private school. She wrestles with being the daughter of a murderer and the love she still feels for her mother, despite her crimes, but her hopes are simple.
Milly wants to be good.
Then Milly’s foster sister, Phoebe, starts bullying her. A teacher may have discovered her secret. And her vulnerable best friend may be a perfect victim. As tensions rise and Milly begins to feel trapped by her shiny new life, she has to decide: Will she be good? Or is she bad? She is, after all, her mother’s daughter...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When 15-year-old Annie Thompson, the unflinching narrator of British author Land's chilling debut, tells the Devon police that her mother, Ruth, is a serial killer who preys on young children, the police arrest Ruth. Annie, who changes her name to Milly, moves in with the family of London psychologist Mike Newmont, who will help her prepare to testify at her mother's trial. Saskia, Mike's wife, knows Milly's true identity, but the couple's teenage daughter, Phoebe, believes that Milly is just an ordinary foster kid who's monopolizing her parents' attention. Milly attends the same school as Phoebe, who turns the other students against Milly in an effort to drive her away. Milly does her best to ignore the bullying, but the worse things get, the louder Ruth's hectoring voice rings in Milly's head, forcing Milly and the reader to question whether it's possible to overcome both nature and nurture. A deliberate pace and a skillfully woven plot conspire to create a visceral read that's at once a gripping psychological thriller and a devastating exploration of the damage wrought by childhood trauma.)
Customer Reviews
Good read
Was ok. Topic not easy but handled well enough. Suspenseful, twisted surprise end. Not bad for first book.
Couldn’t put down.
Wow what a rollercoaster this book was. Incredibly heartbreaking but equally terrifying at the same time. Milly’s character really pulled at my heart strings but the further into her story and past I read the more I realized she is a very disturbed and troubled girl. I have never felt so much conflicting emotions towards a character before but this story really sucked me in and it was hard for me to put down.
Amazing
Captivating! Couldn’t stop reading it once I started. Read it so much that I lost sleep. Can’t wait for more by this author.