Good Me Bad Me, Ali Land
Good Me Bad Me, Ali Land
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Good Me Bad Me
A Novel

Author: Ali Land

Narrator: Imogen Church

Unabridged: 10 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2017


Synopsis

How far does the apple really fall from the tree when the daughter of a serial killer is placed with a new, normal foster family? Room meets Dexter in Ali Land's international bestselling Good Me Bad Me, a dark, voice-driven psychological suspense.

"A deliberate pace and a skillfully woven plot conspire to create a visceral read that's at once a gripping psychological thriller and a devastating exploration of the damage wrought by childhood trauma." — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Fifteen year old Milly was raised by a serial killer: her mother. When she finally breaks away and tells the police everything about her mother’s crimes and years of abuse, she is given a new identity and placed in an affluent foster family and an exclusive private school. She wrestles with being the daughter of a murderer and the love she still feels for her mother, despite her crimes, but her hopes are simple.

Milly wants to be good.

Then Milly’s foster sister, Phoebe, starts bullying her. A teacher may have discovered her secret. And her vulnerable best friend may be a perfect victim. As tensions rise and Milly begins to feel trapped by her shiny new life, she has to decide: Will she be good? Or is she bad? She is, after all, her mother’s daughter...

About Ali Land

Ali Land's background is in adolescent mental health, and the way in which children survive extraordinary circumstances interests her greatly. Books from her teenage years--in particular The Wasp Factory and Lord of the Flies--helped inspire this novel. Ali is a full-time writer. Good Me, Bad Me is her debut novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanna on February 07, 2017

My reviews can also be seen at: [URL not allowed] Extraordinary. Controversial. Explosive. Those were the words that I first heard used to describe this debut novel by Ali Land. Many were saying that this book was going to be one of the more controversial novels released in 2017......more

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on August 23, 2017

Good Me, Bad Me is one f*cked up character study of the daughter of a serial killer. 15 year old Annie, daughter of the notorious “Peter Pan” serial killer is struggling with the darkness inside her. For the majority of her childhood, she witnessed her mother kidnap and murder children. Annie wa......more

Goodreads review by Susanne on December 12, 2017

3.5 Stars.* (rounded up) Creepy to the Max. Milly is not just your ordinary foster girl. She wants to be of course, but it’s just not possible you see - her mother is a killer. And not just any killer, she is the Peter Pan Serial Killer. And Milly turned her in. Now Milly is going to have to testify a......more

Goodreads review by Brandon on March 11, 2025

This book is soooooo upsetting and dark. A teenage girl turns her mother in for the murder of 9 toddlers, aged 3-6. The story follows our MC as she navigates life in a foster home, deals with intense bullying, struggles to cope with her trauma, and prepares for her mother’s trial. Yeah, this was a l......more

Goodreads review by Norma ~ The Sisters on January 25, 2025

5 Spectacular Stars for the audiobook version! The narrator, Imogen Church was absolutely brilliant! The story itself - 4 stars! Traveling Sisters Read with Brenda, Norma, Lindsay & Kaceey Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land is a disturbing, chilling, and a suspenseful psychological thriller novel with an int......more


Quotes

"[A] gripping psychological thriller." -AudioFile