A Good Person

It’s different, hilarious and addictive, and although Lillian is often mean, I rooted for her from the start. Brilliant * Daily Mail *
Once you hop on this wild ride of a novel, you won’t want to get off … With tart prose that tastes like sour candy, Kirsten King’s debut is a home run. Commenting on everything from corporate culture to dating and gender roles, this novel had all the ingredients of a must-read * Marie Claire *
Sharp, hilarious, and painfully relatable, Kirsten King’s debut will keep you laughing as you turn each page. Lillian is the chaotic friend, the ex you still stalk, and the woman you claim to despise but still can’t stop following – Monika Kim, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART
I adored this deliciously acidic, addictive novel. Lillian is my favourite kind of heroine, interior, self-interested and dripping with venom. Her grotesque worldview is, in turn, funny, tragic, minutely observed and worryingly relatable. Poisonous, giddy, excruciating, delightful - an exceptional debut – Emma van Straaten, author of THIS IMMACULATE BODY
Electrifying. A Good Person is a compulsively readable and sharply insightful spin on the unreliable narrator and an utterly fresh take on a page-turning thriller. I loved it – Kimberly McCreight, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER
Wild, wicked, and laugh out loud funny. Lillian is a bad person, but Kirsten King is a GREAT writer – Sarah Harman, author of ALL THE OTHER MOTHERS HATE ME
I stayed up way too late reading Kirsten King’s A Good Person. I could not put it down, had to know how it ended. Wow. Maybe Lillian is not your textbook definition of a good person, but I fell for her hard – Marcy Dermansky, author of HOT AIR
I raced, cringing, through Kirsten King’s taut psychological thriller, compelled and repelled in equal measure by Lillian’s assured narration. After spending so much time in Lillian’s head, the reader starts to lose sight of what, exactly, makes ‘a good person.’ And that’s high praise – Laura Sims, author of HOW CAN I HELP YOU
You’ll laugh, you’ll gasp, you’ll find it painfully relatable. A Good Person is delightfully dark, funny, and thought-provoking. I couldn’t put it down – Annakeara Stinson, author of the forthcoming NERVE DAMAGE
An enthusiastically deranged frolic of a novel, A Good Person is for readers who adore mess. I couldn’t get enough of Lillian’s voice, both disturbing and delightful, and felt so sorry for every character that crossed her path. Truly an enchanting debut from Kirsten King with a wink, a smile and a swift kick in the ass. Loved! – Rachel Koller Croft, USA Today bestselling author
An unforgettable read, driven by a delightfully diabolical antiheroine whose antics are both terrifying and impressive. I gulped it down in two delirious sittings, gobsmacked by the twists and turns, and by Lillian’s dangerous self-delusion. But be warned: the most terrifying twist might be just how much Lillian reminds you of yourself in your darkest moments – Caitlin Barasch, author of A NOVEL OBSESSION
A daring thrill ride into the dark corners of a troubled mind … What starts as a hilarious zippy sugar high becomes a harrowing crash-I was entranced, reading through my fingers but also never putting it down – Elizabeth Rose Quinn, author of FOLLOW ME
King’s A Good Person is a ferocious, anxiety inducing, and hilarious debut. Lillian is an antiheroine for the ages and a brutal figurehead for the worst parts of gen z. The experience of reading her progressive downward spiral felt like a sustained panic attack. I audibly said ‘oh no’ about every three pages. A mic drop of a debut – Caroline Glenn, author of the forthcoming CRUELTY FREE
A Good Person is a laugh-out-loud, unflinchingly sharp thriller that’s unlike anything I’ve ever read before. An ode to unlikable female characters and the darkest, most honest parts of ourselves, this novel reads like a love letter to Amy Dunne of Gone Girl. In other words, it’s my dream book. I absolutely loved it – Olivia Muenter, USA TODAY bestselling author of SUCH A BAD INFLUENCE and LITTLE ONE
A Good Person is a cocktail of acid wit, unmitigated ego, and deadly hexes that you’ll want to down in one gulp! – Jessie Elland
If Ottessa Moshfegh dabbled in murder * Seattle Times *
A zillenial Gone Girl … Acerbic, darkly feminine and very funny… . The whodunit mystery might drive the plot, but comedy is the irresistible force of this unwaveringly caustic novel… Hilarious * New York Times Book Review *
[A] wickedly funny spiral into the mind of someone who insists she’s decent while proving otherwise at every turn … King leans hard into the comedy of narcissism, letting Lillian rationalize every terrible choice with astonishing confidence. Reading A Good Person is like watching a slow-motion disaster you can’t look away from. Or if Ottessa Moshfegh dabbled in murder. Almost too uncomfortably recognizable, the novel asks a deliciously awkward question: Who actually gets to call themselves a good person? * Seattle Times *
I always love a slightly (or not-so-slightly) deranged woman anti-hero who demonstrates a modern absurdity and Kirsten King’s A Good Person deftly delivers. Through the journey of Lillian, a delulu narcissist who just wants to be loved, King skewers everything from modern dating to true crime. You won’t understand why Lillian makes the choices she does, but you will find yourself absurdly rooting for her by the end * Glamour *

Kirsten King has written for Teen Vogue, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post and more. She works as a screenwriter and lives in LA. A Good Person is her first novel.

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