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The Good Daughter

by Karin Slaughter · 512 pages · Published August 2017
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4.17 / 5 across 80K ratings
Spice: ❄️ (0/5)

A dark, intense Adult thriller built around school shooting, family trauma, lawyer. 512 pages and a satisfying conclusion.

Best for readers who want…

Dark. Intense. Devastating.

Dark Intense Devastating

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Dark Intense Devastating
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Content notes

Extreme Violence Sexual Assault School Shooting
School Shooting
Family Trauma
Lawyer
Book profile

Mood, trope, and intensity breakdown

How this book actually feels — based on mood analysis, not publisher blurbs.

Mood profile
Romance
10%
Fantasy
0%
Pacing
3/5
Darkness
3/5
Spice
0/5
Core elements
Genre
Thriller
Legal
Moods
Dark
Intense
Devastating
Key Tropes
School Shooting
Family Trauma
Lawyer
Ending
Satisfying
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Is The Good Daughter spicy?

No spice (0/5) — clean read with no heat.

Who would enjoy The Good Daughter?

Readers who love dark and intense stories with school shooting and family trauma. Best suited for Adult readers and up.

What kind of read is The Good Daughter?

A dark, intense Adult thriller built around school shooting, family trauma, lawyer. 512 pages and a satisfying conclusion.

What are the content warnings for The Good Daughter?

Content notes include: extreme violence, sexual assault, school shooting. Sort By Cravings always flags these so you can make informed choices.

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Every Sort By Cravings guide is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs or Amazon summaries. We map tropes directly from the text, cross-reference BookTok and Goodreads reader reactions across 500+ community posts, and calibrate heat ratings against reader consensus before publishing. Mood tags, spice numbers, and “skip if” notes reflect actual reading experience. Read our editorial standards.

📚 Last reviewed: March 2026 Guide verified against current edition
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