Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Good Me Bad Me: A Novel
    Good Me Bad Me: A Novel
    Good Me Bad Me: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    Good Me Bad Me: A Novel

    Written by Ali Land

    Narrated by Imogen Church

    4.5/5

    ()

    Switch to ebook

    About this audiobook

    AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
    HOW FAR DOES THE APPLE REALLY FALL FROM THE TREE?

    "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

    Good Me Bad Me is a dark, compelling, voice-driven psychological suspense audiobook by debut author Ali Land: "Could not be more unputdownable if it was slathered with superglue." —Sunday Express


    Milly’s mother is a serial killer. Though Milly loves her mother, the only way to make her stop is to turn her in to the police. Milly is given a fresh start: a new identity, a home with an affluent foster family, and a spot at an exclusive private school.

    But Milly has secrets, and life at her new home becomes complicated. 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 tensions rise and Milly feels 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateSep 5, 2017
    ISBN9781427290038
    Author

    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.

    Related to Good Me Bad Me

    Related audiobooks

    Thrillers For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Come with Me

      Dec 1, 2022

      Come with Me
      12 min read

    • Article

      Begin Again

      Jun 14, 2022

      My grandfather came to live with me. There was nowhere else for him to go. What had happened to all his children? Death, decay, exile—I hardly know. My own parents died of pain. But I must not be too gloomy, at the beginning, or you will leave me, an

      6 min read

    • Article

      Blended

      Aug 6, 2020

      Blended
      10 min read

    • Article

      All Of Us Here

      Jun 4, 2020

      All Of Us Here
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Space Between Us

      Oct 9, 2019

      The Space Between Us
      8 min read

    • Article

      Proverbs Of A Faceless Time

      Dec 1, 2023

      Proverbs Of A Faceless Time
      9 min read

    • Article

      DON’T GO INTO The Cellar!

      Jan 21, 2020

      DON’T GO INTO The Cellar!
      4 min read

    • Article

      The White Fox

      Oct 13, 2017

      The White Fox
      10 min read

    • Article

      What The Magpie Says

      Oct 16, 2022

      What The Magpie Says
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Man On THE STAIRS

      Nov 26, 2020

      The Man On THE STAIRS
      4 min read

    • Article

      We Don't Talk About That Here

      Nov 4, 2021

      We Don't Talk About That Here
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Family Plot

      May 7, 2020

      The Family Plot
      10 min read

    • Article

      Cricket League

      Sep 1, 2022

      First prize 10 and under Tang Li, age 9 Palmetto Bay, FL My name is Anisa. I was in Hawaii on vacation. I enjoyed sipping refreshing drinks, overlooking the turquoise ocean, and dancing with others, before I overheard that the priceless Fire Ring wa

      10 min read

    • Article

      Small Tortoiseshell

      Mar 8, 2022

      Small Tortoiseshell
      5 min read

    • Article

      A Good Samaritan

      Dec 6, 2022

      It was hot that day, hot for the morning and hot for April and with a stickiness in the air that suggested something had to break. I was headed up the street to ask my neighbor Meech to give me a jump when I heard a scream come from the fourplex next

      10 min read

    • Article

      A Temporary Arrangement

      Oct 2, 2023

      A Temporary Arrangement
      19 min read

    • Article

      Mrs Macarthur’s Secret Diary

      Jun 17, 2020

      Mrs Macarthur’s Secret Diary
      7 min read

    • Article

      Mrs Macarthur’s Secret Diary

      Jun 17, 2020

      Mrs Macarthur’s Secret Diary
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Billboard

      Nov 25, 2019

      The Billboard
      4 min read

    • Article

      Metaphors

      Mar 10, 2023

      I’m knitting on my front porch when a car roars to a stop in front of my house. It’s a red Mustang convertible, top down on this warm Thursday afternoon in June. Two girls sit in the front, two in the back. They smile and wave at me. I smile back tho

      8 min read

    • Article

      Waiting

      Sep 3, 2020

      Waiting
      6 min read

    • Article

      THE CYBER Saviour

      Feb 10, 2021

      THE CYBER Saviour
      3 min read

    • Article

      Hell Is A City in Texas

      Jun 14, 2021

      Hell Is A City in Texas
      10 min read

    • Article

      Longer on Moon

      Sep 22, 2022

      Longer on Moon
      19 min read

    • Article

      Rising Sign

      Feb 4, 2021

      Rising Sign
      10 min read

    • Article

      Devotional

      Sep 1, 2021

      Devotional
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Girl I Knew Somewhere

      Dec 2, 2021

      The Girl I Knew Somewhere
      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Good Me Bad Me

    4.5/5

    48 ratings3 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 2/5
      This really kept my attention -- to a point. It D R A G G E D on. It's as though someone kept the book going just to fill time and just kept repeating the same things over and over. I'm not sure why she had to whisper everything ...EXTREMELY ANNOYING because you would either have to "rewind" or adjust the volume frequently. I also dont get why Millie/Milly (whatever) didn't stick up for herself or other characters. She only seemed petrified by her mother or the mere thought of being around her, why would that make her timid around others?!? She obviously had it in her to harm others or try to protect them, so why did she wait so long? And what would have been the harm or her "outing" Phoebe? We're to believe that Mike suddenly had an epiphany that Millie/Milly killed Phoebe? Why would he? She hadn't given him any reason. Thumbs down, all in all.
    • 5/5
      This book is beautifully haunting. My one and only complaint would be that the father was pretty clueless for someone who works in mental health. I think I understand what the author was trying to do but it just served as a minor annoyance instead.
    • 2/5

      This story was so disturbing and had so much potential. However; it fell a little short for me.
      This does have triggers for abuse (physical and sexual), bullying, and child murder.

      The parts around Milly and her past were thrilling. I wanted to know more and the more you learn the more disturbing it becomes. However; then you jump back to a game of mean girls at school and it just took away from the story. I was so bored with the foster family stuff in the first half of the book. Yes, there is mean girls, pranks, cheating, and scandals, but they were nothing that caught my attention. I just wanted to know more around the murders and what Milly went through. The second half did start to pick up a little. Everything does come together in the end. I predicted what was going to happen in the end, but there were still some twists I did not predict. I ended up skimming the first half to find out what happened.

      I also did not love the ending. Overall, this was only ok.