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Very dark. This book uses retellings of an old crime against the two sisters compared with a new recent crime. Each retelling unveils a little more about the sick twisted earlier crime. There is so much broken in this book that it's a hard read. It almost makes you want to clean out your brain. Ms Slaughter is a talented writer, but after reading all of her published work, I wouldn't want to meet her. In spite of the ending, you end up feeling pretty nasty after finishing the book.
This is probably more of a real world story, but I really liked the Will Trent and Grant County series much better. These prior series had flawed hero's and a sense of hope. I didn't get that at all from this book. Of all of Ms Slaughter's books, I think there is only one 'intimacy' scene that's not rape. This book has a graphic child rape. That is a very disturbing read.


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The Good Daughter A Novel Karin Slaughter 9780062696298 Books Reviews

I actually could not finish this book, which is highly unusual for me. I have only failed to finish reading three books in my life and this was one. I guess I just could not get over the premise of the book - that an entire town, county and state police force was evil and corrupt and incompetent, and that the only "heroes" were the father/daughter defense attorneys who represent the accused. I could have finished a book with a more balanced narrative, because I am not naive enough to think that there isn't corruption in many institutions, but there was no room the first 25% of this book for reality. I just wanted to be sure that anyone who reads the synopsis of this book on has a clearer picture of what the book is about. Don't rely on the description, as it is very misleading.
The beginning of this book gets you interested with a brutal murder. From then on, it is so boring I could hardly stand to finish it. But since I paid for it, I forced myself through. Several things finally get explained in the last chapters, but for the most part, it talks and talks about "feelings" and thoughts, but goes nowhere. I hated it. If I could give it less stars, I would. I have read most of Karen Slaughter's books and liked all until now.
The Good Daughter, Karin Slaughter's new thriller, her nineteenth novel, is set in rural Georgia, like most of the Grant County and Will Trent novels which established her reputation. She was born there and now lives in Atlanta—and it shows. Slaughter's characters are clearly native to the area. They might live in one or another neighboring state, but nowhere else.

Samantha and Charlotte Quinn are now in their early forties. Known as Sam and Charlie to family and friends, they're the daughters of Russell (Rusty) Quinn, a criminal defense lawyer who has gained the enmity of nearly everyone who lives in the region. He has defended murderers and rapists, often successfully, and frequently receives death threats as a consequence. ("There was not one low-life alleged criminal in Pikeville, Georgia, that Rusty Quinn would not represent.") Both Sam and Charlie are also lawyers. Sam is a hugely successful patent attorney in New York; Charlie defends children.

Twenty-eight years ago, their mother, Harriet ("Gamma") Quinn, was murdered in the kitchen of their home by two young local men as her daughters looked on. Fifteen-year-old Sam was shot in the head and buried alive. Twelve-year-old Charlie escaped by running through the woods adjoining their farm. The action in The Good Daughter alternates between the murder scene and the present day and shifts perspective from one daughter to the other as well as other characters. Their somewhat different recollections dramatically illustrate the unreliability of memory.

The story is anchored in the present because Charlie accidentally witnessed a school shooting. A teenage woman shot the principal of the middle school she'd attended and a little girl who was visiting her mother, one of the teachers. Separated from her husband, she had visited one of the other teachers to swap cellphones which had gotten exchanged when they spent the night together. As the story unfolds, the repercussions of the school shooting gradually coincide with the events on the day of Gamma Quinn's murder. Slaughter masterfully weaves the two plots together, building suspense to a crescendo in the closing pages of the novel. Her novels have sold thirty-five million copies and have been international bestsellers—and it's no wonder. Karin Slaughter is without doubt one of today's most talented and accomplished thriller authors. I rush to buy every new thriller she writes.

The three women characters central to the plot in this new thriller are all brilliant. The mother, "Harriet Quinn wasn't called Gamma out of a precocious child's inability to pronounce the word 'Mama,' but because she held two doctorates, one in physics and one in something equally brainy that Samantha could never remember but, if she had to guess, had something to do with gamma rays." Sam has inherited her mother's smarts at forty-four, she's about to become a named partner at one of the world's leading firms of patent attorneys. Charlie, who is much closer to her father, is only a little less intelligent.
I am truly a Karin Slaughter fan, and I've read all the previous books. But this one was a real chore to read to the end. Although the characters were very good, the plot was sluggish. The sisters' dialogue practically put me to sleep at times. Yes, there were some thrilling parts, also some very redundant parts. All in all, it was a real disappointment after waiting so long for my preorder to arrive.
I enjoy everything Karin Slaughter writes. I have to admit that I like the series novels (especially the Will Trent series) better than the stand alone books, but I haven't read one of her books that isn't good.

This is a stand alone book. It takes place mostly in a small town about 2 hours from Atlanta. The book starts with events that happened 28 years ago and then jumps into the present. Several of the main characters are lawyers but it isn't really a legal thriller even though there is a really fun courtroom scene. One of the things I enjoyed about the book is that it isn't just about the present day case -- much of the book is about the events that happened in the past and how they are affecting the characters in the present and their relationships to each other. The characters were really well done, I could almost hear them bickering with each other out loud as I was reading. You will care about what happens to them.

But it wouldn't be a Karin Slaughter book without a compelling mystery. I could not put it down and had no guesses what would happen so the ending came as a big surprise to me. And even if I had tried to guess, there were so many twists and turns I would have been wrong.

This is a great beach read but also a great book to read any time and any place.
Very dark. This book uses retellings of an old crime against the two sisters compared with a new recent crime. Each retelling unveils a little more about the sick twisted earlier crime. There is so much broken in this book that it's a hard read. It almost makes you want to clean out your brain. Ms Slaughter is a talented writer, but after reading all of her published work, I wouldn't want to meet her. In spite of the ending, you end up feeling pretty nasty after finishing the book.
This is probably more of a real world story, but I really liked the Will Trent and Grant County series much better. These prior series had flawed hero's and a sense of hope. I didn't get that at all from this book. Of all of Ms Slaughter's books, I think there is only one 'intimacy' scene that's not rape. This book has a graphic child rape. That is a very disturbing read.