I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an ARC of this book.

First off, I am a big Tarryn Fisher fan, and have read almost all of her books. I think The Wives was my favorite, but I also enjoyed Mud Vein, An Honest Lie, and The Wrong Family. I also enjoyed Never Never, which she co-authored with Colleen Hoover. I love Tarryn's writing style and twisty plots, so I was expecting to really enjoy this new book. It had all the makings of a great thriller -- a missing teen/twin sister, backdrop of a remote-island mental hospital for the criminally insane, a sex trafficking ring, and a revenge plot. However, I spent the first 80% of the book alternating between bored and confused.

The story is told in alternating-timeline format by the main character Iris; the past -- when Iris' twin sister Piper was kidnapped when they were 15, and the present where Iris is working as an intern at a mental hospital. We learn along the way that Piper hasn't been seen or heard from since she was taken. It is implied that she was taken by sex-traffickers and then raped and/or killed. Iris assumes her sister is dead and is set on revenge for her sister's killer. Iris has taken the job at the mental hospital where the killer is being held, and tries to get close to him with varying success.

Other players in the story are Cal (who in the beginning we are led to believe is Iris' son, but then later find out is actually Piper's), Gran (Iris & Piper's Grandmother, who basically raised them, but is now in failing health), Poley (a less-than-stellar police detective), and the charming Dr. Leo Grayson (the head psychologist at the mental hospital). The majority of the book follows the events of Piper's disappearance in the past, and Iris' time working at the mental hospital as an intern. It focuses very heavily on the development of her relationships with the other characters of the story.

Iris slowly begins to uncover dark secrets lurking inside the mental hospital and gets very close to getting her revenge. Then all of a sudden -- BAM we are hit with a twist and then basically the book ends promptly thereafter. We do find out the truth about what happened to Piper, but it seems to be merely an afterthought. The twist was GOOD, don't get me wrong there, and I didn't see it coming, but I feel like so much time was put into the buildup that the actual twist/truth-reveal didn't get enough time.

Overall, I liked the book, but it isn't my favorite Tarryn Fisher novel, for sure.

Great fast paced thriller! Could not put down! What an amazing read!! I was instantly drawn into this story from the very first page. And I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. I just wanted to know how this all played out. I didn’t see that ending coming!! This was so worth the read and I think it’s my favorite book of Taryn’s to date.

How do you recover from seeing
your twin sister get kidnapped right in front of your face?! Tarryn Fisher’s Good Half Gone was an epic page turner! I was soooo obsessed and needed to know what happened just from reading the first few pages. Talk about keeping your readers engaged! OMG Tarryn you are brilliant!

If you are a psychological thriller fan this is your JAM!! Seriously run....dont walk because you don't want to miss out on this one!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!

Overall, this was as good as a story as Tarryn Fisher always weaves...a twisty and interesting thriller. But there was something a little bit...missing...about the ending. Something was just left a little off. Otherwise, excellent read!

I just didn't like this one. It didn't hold me the way it should have. It fell way short.

Thank you for the ARC.

I think it was disingenuous that this book was listed as something coming out as new when to my knowledge it wasn’t. But beyond that I didn’t like the format and then I read a review from someone I really appreciate opinions from that said she almost didn’t finish it at 93! Percent which to me sounds like a terrible book. So, I did try to read it but it didn’t catch me

This was a disappointment of a read for me. From the beginning, I felt like the story was a little all over the place, and by the last quarter of the novel it has steamrolled and wrapped up too quickly and far too simply. In my opinion, there were several plot holes that were just brushed by and the book ended fairly abruptly. Although there was potential, the book ultimately fell short.
Unfortunately this book wasn’t for me, but I would be intrigued about Fisher’s next novel since I have enjoyed some of her previous work.
Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for this ARC.

This was a whirlwind of a story. Taught in two timelines, Iris is determined to find out what happened to her twin sister Piper when they were younger. She even takes it as far as to get a job at a mental hospital to seek out some answers. There were some twists I saw coming and others that shocked me. One of my issues with the book was the pacing. The first 3/4 of the book was SLOW and then the last 1/4 was super fast and then ended pretty abruptly. Overall I liked the twists but wished the pacing was more flushed out.

I thoroughly enjoyed Good Half Gone by Tarryn Fisher!

Twin sisters, Piper and Iris are raised by their grandma because their mom is an addict and mentally incapable of taking care of them. In their early teens, they go to the movies with boys they met through a fellow high school student, when Iris is taken. She disappears and the detectives on the case don't believe Piper's story.

Fast forward to YEARS later, when Piper gets an internship at a hospital on an island for the criminally insane where she believe the answer lie to her sister's disappearance. She gets close to the head doctor and she finds out a lot more than she bargained for!

I was completely drawn in to this story...it had me on the edge of my seat, made me stay up way too late, and I finished reading in record time! I found the ending to be a little rushed, but that may be the only negative for me. I would have loved to see it stretch out over a few more pages!

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the ARC of this psychological thriller!

Marked as DNF @ 21% on 3/24/24 | I hate everyone in this book. That's essentially why I'm not finishing it. I can't stand listening to how stupid every single person is. Piper is kidnapped. The only witness is her twin sister. WHY exactly are the cops just totally not believing anything that she's saying? Everything is a struggle, no one believes her, life is so hard, blah blah blah. And yet she's also a perfect special snowflake who gets into this super prestigious program for literally no reason that the author does not tell us. Just to talk to someone who might know where her sister is, I guess?

I hated every character. They're all cut-outs of an actual personality but failed to develop anything of interest or give me a reason to care about this story.

As I do when I decide to DNF, I looked up the rest of the book and HOO BOY, I'm so glad I didn't finish this. The ending has a twist that I would have made me throw my book across the room, which is bad because this was an audiobook and I'm listening on my phone and it's not worth the damage. (The audiobook narrator was also incredibly blah and did not make this experience better.) This was some Freida McFadden-style popcorn sh!t which I am not here for. Happy I didn't finish this.

A gripping thriller that is twisty right up until the end!!! Tarryn knows how to keep you guessing! Once I started, it was hard to put down... I needed to know what happened next!

Fisher just doesn’t miss. She will keep you guessing to the last page and sometimes after that too. I am so glad I gave this one a try! I am thankful for the ARC

I honestly wasn’t a huge fan of this one. I love this author, but this one just left a lot to be desired. I’ll give it another go soon!

I've got whiplash! What just happened? The last 20% of this story are worth the wait! The begging showed a lot of promise, the middle fell flat for a minute, but the end was cray cray!

It opens with Iris Walsh on the phone with 911. Her twin sister was just kidnapped right before her eyes. She's completely traumatized and spends the next 10 years devastated over the loss of her twin, Piper. Is Piper still out there? Where is she? Why hasn't she come home? Is she dead? Murdered?
Taking justice into her own hands, Iris gets an internship at the state hospital because she believes the man who kidnapped her twin is there and she wants answers.

Gran is a great character and the tension comes to a head in the last parts of the novel. If you enjoy Tarryn Fisher, you will enjoy this installment of her dark mind.
3.5 stars.

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I think this is my favorite book by this author. I literally could not stop reading it.
It’s about twin sisters that went to the movies with some boys when they were teenagers and one of them disappears. The police were no help, convinced she ran away. But she knows her sister was taken.
She takes a job at a locked mental facility where she is certain her sister’s kidnapper is.👀

Iris's twin sister, Piper, was abducted as a teenager. Nine years later Iris is still searching for any clues to her sister's whereabouts. She has accepted an internship on an island home for the criminally insane because she believes the final piece to the puzzle is there. Iris gets much more than she bargained for.

The twists and turns of this one will keep you guessing until the final chapters. The way Fisher untangles and reveals all of the pieces of Iris and Piper's story is masterful. Definitely a great suspense novel.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trading Publishing for the ARC of Good Half Gone.

Tarryn has done it again with her infamous writing! She never seems to sail you with suspense and shock. If you want a story about pure revenge….. This is it!

This is a very twisty book, which I’m all for. I don’t love books about twins or even siblings (especially sisters) for some reason, but I did like this one. It definitely hooks you and leaves you wanting more. While I like Tarryn Fisher’s books in general, this one was a little too much in a way. It was a quick red for me and I will definitely seek out more of the authors books.

Tarryn Fisher never disappoints! This book will have you on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen next!

Enjoyed the book. A lot of back and forth between past and present, and a few aspects were far fetched. But in the end, I was still hooked in the story and wanted to see how it ends !