Not that there werent things in it that irked me,but they were things that could happen and do every day in real life. Debut novelist Ali’s Land’s extensive background in child and adolescent mental health care has given her solid footing to craft her first novel, Good Me Bad Me.

The narrative is all told in the first person meaning we get to hear Annie's deepest and most darkest thoughts, like nobody else can, because she ensures they remain locked up deep inside of her. The most overwhelming aspect which I believe Land deserves praise for is the way she went into this novel relentlessly, occupying the mind of such a troubled young soul.The dark and dysfunctional relationship of Annie and her mother unfolds throughout the novel giving us a better picture of what truly happened to Annie. The concept of the story told through Millie and the idea of her mother's murderous tendencies coming though in Millie was excellent and from start to finish I loved this book and never wanted to put it down. As her mother’s trial looms, with Milly as the star witness, Milly starts to wonder how much of her is nature, how much of her is nurture, and whether she is doomed to turn out like her mother after all. When Annie informs the police of this at the tender age of only 15 you can gasp and feel her emotions. but she is struggling with a darkness inside of her that constantly brings her back to flashbacks of her life as Annie.

As her mother's trial looms, with Milly as the star witness, Milly starts to wonder how much of her is nature, how much of her is nurture, and whether she is doomed to turn out like her mother after all.Though it was obvious to me how it would end - almost from the start, I found the novel entertaining and was glued to it from the beginning.

For instance, I could never figure out how Milly's mom was able to continue killing without getting caught. Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land is a disturbing, chilling, and a suspenseful psychological thriller novel with an intriguing and unsettling storyline that is a slightly different take on the life of a serial killer because she is a female. Great characters, dark and disturbing plot with great twists and turns to keep the reader interested. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.Right away, we are taken into a glimpse of the physical, sexual and emotional abuse that Annie experienced as a child.