The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
**3.5-stars rounded up**
This was so interesting, yet simultaneously heartbreaking. Honestly, I’ve never read a True Crime novel that wasn’t set in the US, UK, Ireland or Australia.
It was eye-opening to get this glimpse into a crime and the corresponding aftermath occurring in a culture outside of my own. The reactions of the local citizens, news media and authority figures were varied and surprising.
I felt like the author did a great job of painting a picture of this community and the various reactions to the deaths of these two young girls. It sounds like Faleiro did extensive research into some very difficult topics, so I’m sure that was all-consuming for her over the course of this project.
It did jump around quite a bit, it’s not a linear narrative, but I definitely liked learning more about life in Northern India and this small community more specifically. It’s obviously a very heavy read, but I’m glad I gave it a show and plan to seek out more True Crime like this in the future.