I am very excited to be a part of the Blog Tour for The Good Son by Jacquelyn Mitchard! I received a free electronic copy for honest review from the publisher. Thanks so much to MIRA and Jacquelyn Mitchard for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this tour!
Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard
Published by: MIRA
Released: January 18, 2022
Source: Electronic Review Copy from Publisher
Synopsis: What do you do when the
person you love best becomes unrecognizable to you? For Thea Demetriou,
the answer is both simple and agonizing: you keep loving him somehow.
Stefan
was just seventeen when he went to prison for the drug-fueled murder of
his girlfriend, Belinda. Three years later, he’s released to a world
that refuses to let him move on. Belinda’s mother, once Thea’s good
friend, galvanizes the community to rally against him to protest in her
daughter’s memory. The media paints Stefan as a symbol of white
privilege and indifferent justice. Neighbors, employers, even some
members of Thea's own family turn away.
Meanwhile Thea struggles
to understand her son. At times, he is still the sweet boy he has always
been; at others, he is a young man tormented by guilt and almost broken
by his time in prison. But as his efforts to make amends meet
escalating resistance and threats, Thea suspects more forces are at play
than just community outrage. And if there is so much she never knew
about her own son, what other secrets has she yet to uncover—especially
about the night Belinda died? (Synopsis from Goodreads)
My Thoughts: This book caught my attention, and I enjoyed the ride that it took me on. The synopsis really made me interested in this story. It presents such a complicated situation. What would you do if your son was a murderer? That is what Thea is having to grapple with. It's a very emotional story dealing with some heavy topics.
The middle of the book got a little slow, but overall, it did keep my interest.
There was also a mystery element to the book that offered some intrigue.
The strongest part of this book is who it deals with emotion. Thea's emotion when it comes to her son. Having to realize that her baby killed someone else's baby. The emotion of the community when he's released from prison after three years. The emotion of Belinda's mother, who will never get her daughter back.
I'm glad I got the chance to read it. It dealt with some very hard topics in a heart wrenching way.
Jacquelyn Mitchard is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels for adults, seven novels for teenagers, and five children’s books. These include The Deep End of the Ocean,
the inaugural selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club. She is also a
professor of creative writing whose short stories, articles, essays and
book reviews have been widely published. A native of Chicago, she now
lives on Cape Cod with her family.
Thanks so much for checking out my Blog Tour Stop for The Good Son by Jacquelyn Mitchard. Thanks so much to MIRA and Jacquelyn Mitchard for letting me read this one, and having me on the tour. If this is a book you've had your eye on, I'd definitely say put it on your list.
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