Disturbing & Graphic

I read plenty of mysteries and thrillers and usually I’m not very affected by them, but I found this one deeply disturbing and overly graphic. Her writing and character development is exceptional, but I could not get past the graphic details to fully enjoy this book.
It should also be noted that triggers in this book include a very graphic rape scene and a school shooting.

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Karin Slaughter has done it again!

As stated by the other reviewers, you can always count on Karin Slaughter for a good read/listen. Nor will I restate the synopsis of this book as I don't want to spoil it for anyone. I will say I was initially a little disappointed that this was not another book in the Will Trent series BUT I have to admit that this book is far from disappointing.
Right from the beginning you get a picture of a family that isn't quite right in their interactions. Following the murder of the wife/mother the surviving members loose their cohesion and it takes another 20 years for them to reunite.
This is a really good stand alone book and a great place to get acquainted with this author if you've never heard anything written by Slaughter before. She has such a good style of writing and knows how to pull a reader in. Her characters are very well developed and her storyline complex enough with out getting confusing or predictable. In this book she goes back and forth between the present and the past and wraps up with a solid and complete ending (no cliffhangers). I do hope that if this does become a series that it doesn't mean the end of the Will Trent/Sara Linton series.
Kathleen Early does a fantastic job narrating.
This book has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION.
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great performance, a bit graphic

loved the characters and the narrator performance was great! downside - a few very graphic scenes that I had to skip through. I almost stopped listening to the book because of this, but the sister connection was intriguing and I cared about the outcome of their relationship.

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Gruesome, boring, irritating, but never good

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I had to force myself to finish this book, and only did so by listening to it on 1.5x speed. You can probably get away with listening to the first ~2 chapters and the last ~2. The 15 hours in the middle are redundant and uninteresting, with frustrating behaviors/dynamics of everyone involved. Not a single character is likable. The "twists" felt forced and fell flat. Some descriptions felt gratuitously disturbing and the added gruesomeness detracted from the characters, plot, and overall experience. I think those who enjoyed this book have much greater patience and tolerance than I do.

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⭐️My Vote for THE BEST in 2017 thus Far! ⭐️

If you're a Karen Slaughter fan you will enjoy this book. If you new to her work, give her a try. She has a talent to create strong, complex, rich characters who capture your heart in spite of their flaws, struggles and personal baggage.

While I miss Sara and Trent, two of Slaughter's greatest characters, I loved the sisters in this book, Charlie and Sam, almost as well. The Good Daughter is a long novel with a very well developed plot. Reading or listening to the prequel, The Last Breath, may help introduce the some of the characters and provide background details but is not crucial to understand the plot of The Good Daughter so don't worry if you skip it.

I love books that invokes my emotions and Slaughter is a master. I felt it all while listening to this book. I laughed, cried, cringed, empathized, angered,sympathized, and most importantly I could not stop listening! The interactions of her characters are so authentic, at times I could not help but remembering events from my own childhood and relationship with my family, especially with my sister.

The quality of the recording is professional. Kathleen Early did a great job narrating. I was impressed how she portrayed each character with passion using inflection, tone, pitch and emotional expression.

Together, Slaughter and Early has created a fantastic audible listen! I will not provide the plot summary, the book details and other reviews will do plenty of that. However, if you are sensitive to bad language, beware there are several f-bombs, especially by Charlie's character. It does not feel unnatural to her character nor does it draw back from the book in my opinion but some might find offense. You can always return the book if it's or to your liking.

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Disappointed

It had great potential. The characters were way to off and did not flow well. The story could have been cut in half with the same results. I do not care for stories that over explain, and this one had way to much unnecessary detail.

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Don't expect an ending in this book. Boo.

Great story, however, I felt it was slow, taking too long and drawn out to get to the point. I am extremely dissatisfied I would have to buy another book to get to the end. Boo.

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✫✫ 4 Stars ✫✫

I have to say i love a book that starts with a HUGE scene! This books is filled with twists and turns and a lot of shocks. I'll admit I feel like these characters were very unique and a little odd at times. The story was a little unbelievable but not in a bad way. I wasn't overly surprised by the twists in the story but it had my attention from the beginning. I think I liked Ben the best of all the characters, he was a good guy from the beginning! I also loved that the sisters found their way back into each others lives. My first Karin Slaughter but probably not my last.

The narration was fabulous! She really gave every character their own voice!

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painful to listen to

I'm not quite done with this "novel" yet, I'm not sure I'm going to. It's "painful" to keep listening to, because it keeps going in circles! over the same thing, then just as you think it's gonna move forward, it circles back and rewrites over what had already been said. Frustrating to say the least. this is the second book of this series, the first was short (4) hours and good, this one starts off completely confusing to the listener because it is completely different from the first. the story line is different, the relationships are different, and it's depressing, I almost thought I was out of sequence because it didn't make sense to me. it is the second in the sequence, but that's not much help. nothing I dislike more in a book, is when there is a time you think you're gonna get some information to make things come together, and it drops off the side of the earth! just frustrating to me, the narrator is good, it's about the only reason I'm still listening, maybe I want to see if this story is ever gonna come together and finally make sense! Done with the book, It's long, and I won't listen to it again.

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Boring long drawn out story

I am a fan of Karin Slaughter, but this was just boring. The story about a law case with an excessive amount of details that can only be described as rambling.
It was terrible.
I have been waiting for this book to end since the first hour in.

Extremely disappointed. I wish I hadn't read it and ruined the high esteem in which I held Karin Slaughter's books.

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