Such a Good Mother
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Narrated by:
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Kristin Atherton
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Helen Monks Takhar
About this listen
SOME THINGS ARE TOO PERFECT TO BE TRUE…
‘A sharp, compelling take on modern motherhood’ HEAT
‘A nail-biting, dark thriller’ PLATINUM
‘Fiendishly entertaining… A suspenseful and unsettling cautionary tale' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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An invite to die for.
Rose will do anything to give her son the life she never had.
When she’s invited into The Circle, an elite clique of beautiful, wealthy and influential school mums, it seems her dreams are about to come true.
For these are no ordinary women, and their connections will open doors Rose never knew existed.
There’s the powerful queen bee.
The social media star.
The secret alcoholic
The serial cheater.
And then there’s the one who turns up dead…
Each woman is desperate to appear perfect.
BUT WHICH ONE WILL KILL FOR IT?
From the author of That Woman comes a razor-sharp, dark and nail-bitingly gripping new thriller. Dare you enter The Circle?
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©2022 Helen Monks Takhar (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedListeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
‘Deliciously dark and twisty’ Sarah Linley
‘I was absolutely transfixed. What mother hasn’t considered doing absolutely anything to give her children access to the best things in life? This will keep you up all night’ Amanda Eyre Ward
‘Goes straight for the jugular of modern motherhood’ Lindsay Cameron
‘Exceptional, taut and emotional storytelling’ Georgina Cross
Praise for Helen Monks Takhar
‘Dark, disturbing, compulsive. I was genuinely terrified reading this’ Adele Parks
‘An incredibly addictive thriller’ Samantha Downing
‘A deliciously dark, addictive and twisted page-turner’ Alice Feeney
‘Twisty, explosive, and hugely compelling, with hints of Gone Girl . . . Excellent.’ Will Dean
‘Twisted, dark and shocking. Absolutely terrific’ Jo Spain
‘Nail-biting’ Harriet Tyce
‘Disturbing, zeitgeisty and twisted’ Phoebe Morgan
‘Breath-taking . . . I couldn't put it down’ Alex Marwood
‘A brilliantly twisted tale. LOVED it’ Lisa Hall
‘Enthralling . . . thriller’ The Sunday Times
‘With moments that will shock and frustrate, fans of Killing Eve will love the cat-and-mouse element. Gripping throughout, a highly addictive read’ Heat
‘Packed with toxic rivalry, obsession, deceit and explosive twists!’ My Weekly
‘A chilling, addictive read . . . A truly creepy tale’ Woman & Home
‘Dark and totally gripping’ Bella
‘Clever, truly creepy and uniquely modern tale’ Woman’s Own
‘We were hooked from the first page – a brilliant and dark story’ Closer
‘Tightly plotted and gripping . . . will keep you hooked’ Woman’s Weekly
‘A taut, sharply written thriller’ The Bookseller
What listeners say about Such a Good Mother
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Podencos are magical
- 11-08-22
Take the chip off your shoulder someone needs ...
the wood!
CRINGE!!!!! This book embarrassed me just to listen to it. How the excellent narrator kept a straight face I will never know.
The premise was exciting, mysterious, intriguing ... the listen anything but.
Full disclosure. I put this on last night, fell asleep, went back to the beginning and repeated quite a few times.
This morning I started afresh unaware of anything I slept through and it seemed ... promising.
The exclusive, elite but free Wolf school
A dead body in the playground - that of one of the school's inner circle.
An unlikely mum offered a place.
The glamorous online lives of the school's inner circle with exotic holidays, niche skincare, designer labels and extravagant vintage jewellery.
OK ... so far, so fab,
Then we get the begrudgery and endless moaning from the local mum who saw the rough neighbourhood she grew up in be transformed into a hipster's paradise with turmeric lattes galore,
Flash backs to her dead Dad who she says she was glad to be rid of and yet she hangs onto his confidence trickster manual.
The book then just descends into one giant chip on the shoulder.
The son is accepted to the prestigious school - hurrah! But no she is suspicious instead of thrilled
Imala - the head of the school inner circle buys her a Red Devil's Cup Cake when she sees her looking glum in a cafe as a "reset for the day".
Horrified the cake is refused and an awks conversation is had where somehow the Mum manages to take offence even more by casual comments.
Then the Mum (too dull to recall her name if we were ever told it) sees the fabu glam Imala sitting down at the table she left... where the gorgeous but unloved cupcake remains. Imala (not to be confused with an Impala) then has the audacity to scoop the cream off the top, not order anything, discard the uneaten cake beneath the cream and leave.
The Mum is completely outraged and reads into this that basically Imala is the devil and recalls her dad (who she was delighted she was rid of) advising against the kind of people who behave like this ie making their own rules.
Jeepers! It was just a cupcake ... a cupcake the Mum was rude enough to shun, why does she care if the cake was discarded with or without the cream?
After this I just could not continue.
I did have this on pre-order but though would wait until it came out to check the narrator.
I had just pressed buy when I saw the 1 star reviews and wondered how it could be this bad.
Admittedly I only got to about chapter 6 but if they were all like this I do understand why.
I do not understand however why someone with such a giant chip on their shoulder who seems to have a nice job in a bank would be so full of suspicion and envy of others and why on earth would she want her son in an elite school if she if so against anyone who is not on the breadline.
Odd and just so full of bad feelings and resentment - life is too short for a dreary book like this filled with someone hating on everyone else and feeling judged and inferior 24/7.
Thank goodness this is fiction as hopefully nobody in real life is so obtuse.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Lorna
- 22-08-22
Interesting idea…
…but poorly executed. I listened to this as it was recommended in the Literary Review, and I wonder if it works better on the page. All I was aware of listening to it were the preposterous plot points and glaring character inconsistencies. How did this get through the publication process?
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