Good Me Bad Me

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Sleep continues to evade her as her mother invades her dreams turning them into nightmares, and even during waking hours she senses her presence all around her. SET TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY, CONTROVERSIAL AND EXPLOSIVE DEBUTS OF 2017 - for fans of quality psychological suspense and reading group fiction: once you read this book you'll want to talk about it. But Milly’s new foster family are dysfunctional themselves, lacking the support and care this troubled teenager needs. Her foster dad, Mike, is a psychologist prepping Milly for her day in court to testify against her mother. We have this carefully executed narrative where the tension slowly ratchets up only to provide little to no pay-off?

Her beautiful, intimate voice immediately tugged me into the heart and mind of a serial killer's daughter and then wouldn't let go. Also it did seem odd that Mike could actually have counselling sessions with Milly in his house while being her foster father – surely that would be a conflict of interest? I waited for you to sweep me up, rub our noses together in an Eskimo kiss and reply, you came for me, you belong with me, I love you. However, I recently took it on holiday and was over the moon that it was such an enjoyable and entertaining read.When Annie informs the police of this at the tender age of only 15 you can gasp and feel her emotions. There is a lot going on within this story and many topics touched on here that for us overshadowed the creepiness and distracted us from the struggles going on in Milly’s mind.

The ability of Ali Land in structuring this plot, her character of Annie/Millie, one person split in two personalities, and our conception or perception of what constitutes good or bad, good or evil, a bad seed kept me turning the pages.

How likely is the child of psychopath likely to have similar tendencies, whether through genes or upbringing? As promised, this is a very controversial novel, one that really set my teeth on edge, and made my stomach churn with apprehension, really making me squirm. Millie used to be the abused daughter, Annie, of a serial killer mother whose victims were children. Just when I thought the psychological thriller genre couldn’t come up with anything entirely new, debut novelist Ali Land puts a new spin on a style of book I couldn’t get enough of.

I’ve decided it just scrapes 3 stars, as I was able to read the book to the end, and I wouldn’t say I didn’t enjoy it at all, it just wasn’t what I was expecting and turned out not to be the book for me. You are never sure if Milly is a reliable narrator, especially because she straight up admits she struggles with being good and bad. I think the first half of the book was a little slower than the second half, hence the 4 star review.I dislike mean girls so much and it’s so sad that with Milly’s ugly past, she still have to deal with mean girls. The foundation of this story is built on Milly starting her shiny new life at the age of 15, having just turned in her mother for the atrocious crimes. She’s in a foster home with a psychologist father; a stand-offish, absent mom; and a bratty, probably psychopathic daughter named Phoebe (who is Milly’s age). While Norma was listening to this story and was lost in the unstable mind of Milly and her thoughts the rest of us were overwhelmed with the constant bullying from the mean girls which left us feeling exhausted and really sad at how mean they really were.