The Good Girl

Ok, so I have thought about this for a couple days now. I could not review it as soon as I finished it. I have decided to give the book 3 stars. First, let me mention a few things about this book that I think should be known since I feel like some people misunderstand what this book is actually about.

1) This book is not a thriller. It does have suspense and that's kind of the point but the real story behind it I think is an inside look into poverty and the human condition. The author juxtaposed poverty with extreme wealth and influence and tried to mention how each can be restrictive. I think she tried to do this at least, I couldn't quite tell. Anyway.

What I liked:

-The back and forth between time periods worked well, because there were some discoveries in the future that made me curious as to what would happen in the past so that was cool.
-It was a fast book and kept me entertained.
-The end was unexpected.

What I didn't like.
-The ending. I have thought about this a lot and I really didn't like the ending. The MC is really unlikable and honestly...? I didn't get it. Thinking back on everything else that happened in the novel I just cannot see how that ending could be justified and I think it is rather stupid. It kind of ruined the entire ride for me.
-Character development + Plot development. She had a lot of themes that could make for a very interesting story but it wasn't told very well. The dialogue wasn't really dialogue it was the POV explaining what happened. I don't know, I just felt very detached from everyone.

I just feel like she created a lot of interesting things and then just kind of let them fall for shock factor. I will be giving the other novel a try though. Let's see.