Great book! Loved Marti and her best friend, Colby. I found all of the characters interesting although some were unlikable. The difficulties in Marti and Elliot's marriage were relatable. The whole story was great and I would definitely recommend this book! Thank you for sharing it with me!

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for a honest review. I enjoyed this book but it didn't keep me reading into the night. Having said that I do recommend this story very much. I've already recommended to several friends!

This book was GREAT!!!! I was so enthralled by the story and how it took a character and changed her completely, in what I thought was a very realistic way of events unfolding. The writing style was great and dialogue very believable. I think this would make an excellent movie or HBO series!

Absolutely uputdownable!

When you start reading this (and you must!), set aside plenty of time to finish it because I promise, you'll not want to stop reading. I was constantly torn between rushing to finish to find out what happened and slowing down to enjoy the writing*, the characters and the dialogue. I loved the wonderful friendship between "Martha Helen" and Colby and the new friendship between Marti and Tonya, while the courtroom scenes had me pacing the room, shouting at two of the witnesses.

The seamless switching between timelines works so well, too.

Apart from the heartbreaking loss of a baby, Raskin touches on corruption, racism, poverty, male and female friendships, the effects of a failing marriage on the children, all in a breathtaking rollercoaster of a ride. I've long been a fan of Liane Moriarty, Maria Semple, Belinda Bauer and I'm jumping for joy to add another brilliant author to that list of female American writers who just "get" women. Absolutely brilliant.

* Example:
"The telling was getting easier with each rendition; pretty soon the language would have traveled far enough from its starting point that the words would be free of all emotional content. They’d just be little empty suitcases."

Disclaimer: I received an advance copy of this novel from the publishers in return for an honest review. I'm writing this a few hours after stopping up most of the night to finish it. Doesn't get more honest than that!

This was a fantastic book! I was immediately pulled in by Marti and her story. I couldn't wait to find out who she was accused of killing! I did find the writing a little disjointed - jumping around from place to place without so much as a line break - but that is probably due to the format and will be corrected in final edits. Once I adjusted to that, I enjoyed having the story fill in in bits and pieces. I could not put it down.

What an awesome book. I'm still reeling with what happened. The characters were real and had depth, making the story you would find in any news headline. I truly didn't want the book to end, it was THAT good.

I gave up after reading a third of this because it didn't feel suspenseful, it felt manipulative.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the copy of this novel.

This was a very pleasant surprise for me. I had never read anything by the author and to be honest, was a bit afraid that this was going to be a typical chicklit type of novel.

Although the failing marriage was an integral piece of the story, the main story focused on the overworked, exhausted interns and the catastrophic results that this can and does actually have. I was also impressed by the glimpse the author gave into the work of the social workers who try to help young mothers. As for the legal thriller, loved the surprise ending.

This was a quick read, and well worth the time. Looking forward to more by Raskin.

A well written and complex story that's as fun to read as binge watching a medical drama on Netflix. Best Intentions grabs you at the first page and doesn't disappoint. Told in two timelines, Erika Raskin's tale is gripping and purposefully plotted. I immediately liked Marti, a doctor's wife trying to hold her own under conditions that many would crumble under. This story conveys relevant medical issues without being preachy. Instead the reader is left with the desire to learn more and form their own opinions. I only wish it had been longer. The conclusion felt a little rushed, and I wanted more.

Witty and a the author does a perfect job of holding her penlight up to medical training , big pharm, big medicine and charming looking southern cities- I detect a bit of Maria Semple
panning Seattle and tech-

Marti Taylor is the wife of a successful doctor, the daughter of a congressman and the mother of three children, but she longs to go back to return to her work as a hospital social worker. When she lands a job, it’s at the same hospital where her husband works, and he makes it clear he’s not happy about that fact. One day at work, Marti sees something she shouldn’t have, but her ethics will not allow her to sweep in under the rug, so she reports it to the proper authorities. But trying to do the right thing places Marti herself under suspicion. They say no good deed ever goes unpunished. A great read about ethics, ambition and doing the right thing