"The Good Daughter" by Karin Slaughter

hyacinth003 · ‎03-12-2010

I am about halfway through with this book. This is an author whose work I have liked. This is a stand alone book, but she has a popular recurring character series.

I am having such a hard time getting through this. It is SO DARK. I don't mind a certain dose of dark. But this book has very little BUT dark! The main characters, a man and his 2 daughters, have things happen to them all the time. It strains credulity for me.

I went to Amazon to actually read reviews of it. The reviews are mostly glowing!! So I guess my view is in the minority.

Wonder if anyone else has read it.

Hyacinth

freakygirl · ‎07-03-2014

i started it yesterday. i checked the book club forum to see if there was a post about it, but there was none. can’t form an opinion yet. i hope its good in spite of it’s being dark as you say.

Lilysmom · ‎03-09-2010

@hyacinth003 @freakygirl, I read this book and I have read almost all of the books Slaughter has written. It is on the darker side. She tells the story of how this family have dealt with a significant negative event in their lives. I wouldn't stop reading it. It is a difficult issue and the responses are very human. LM

Tsukiko · ‎03-15-2010

I enjoyed it. It held my interest and I thought it was well written. I gave it 5 stars.

Tribesters · ‎03-10-2010

@hyacinth003

I really liked the book. I gave it 5 stars also.

hyacinth003 · ‎03-12-2010

I don't know why others have found it so compelling and I don't!

SPOILER ALERT!!!

It just seems that it isn't believable that so many bad things happen to the same people, especially "Charlie." I don't like confusing female characters with male names.

Like Charlie being in the place with a school shooting after what happened in her teens. That's way too much for one life! At first I thought Samantha had died. And Rusty just seems too far out for reality.

I am at the point where the teen shooter is going to court. I am finding this somewhat more interesting. There seems to be a surprise upcoming, but I don't know this for sure.

I am going to finish it.

Hyacinth

GenXmuse · ‎05-15-2016

I started this and got through the first scene and decided not to continue. I think a good author can recreate a scene without the need to provide such a gory, near vulgar, account.