A Good Person by Kirsten King: book review
A Good Person by Kirsten King (out March 31) Thank you to Putnam for providing an advanced copy for review purposes. Lillian's boyfriend was stabbed to death near a bar close to his apartment. He'd just broken up with her, and she'd put a hex on him because her marketing job was doing a campaign for the Wellness Witch, and the witch's page had hexes, and that seemed like a good idea because Lillian and her best friend, Jamie, were really, really drunk. It seemed like less of a good idea when Jamie checked the Boston Globe and found out he was actually dead. The chaotic novel follows Lillian through the police investigation as she grapples with the end of the relationship, Henry's death, her culpability, and her place in the wider world. The book is entertaining and compulsively readable. The sentences flow by effortlessly, and I always found myself sneaking in an extra chapter or two before I put the book down because it was just so easy to read. I also have to com...