I was happy to have the opportunity to read an advance copy of Good Company as I had enjoyed the author's previous book, The Nest. Once again, the author did a great job bringing the characters to life. It's a good thing, since the book is mostly about relationships: family, marriages and friendships. I appreciated that you got to know each person individually and see how each regarded the others and events over approximately 20 years. Even though there isn't a lot of action, the reader becomes intrigued with how things evolved. I think this would be a good choice for book groups; there are a lot of ethical issues which could be discussed.

Loved this book! Such a sweet and bitter mix of life, love and friendship. It will take you into the world of people you could see as your friends or your family.

This is a lovely well-written novel about a couple whose marriage takes a shocking turn after a discovery of a long held secret. I enjoyed reading this, but it is predictable and somewhat disappointing. I considered D’Aprix Sweeney’s earlier novel, THE NEST, one of the great books of the decade, so I was excited about reading this. I can still remember scenes from that book years later, but nothing here is especially memorable.

Even with my feelings of being let down, this is still a fine novel. This shows how someone involved in a marriage doesn’t know what is going on under the surface, while other people are aware of the cracks. The novel also speaks of friendships and decisions that friends might make in an effort to be helpful.

I did enjoy this book and I thank Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review it.

This book. Flora thinks she has a good marriage and steady reliable best friend. Then she finds something that changes how she feels about both, I would describe this book as maddening. It’s well written and the characters are believable but nonetheless maddening. I am a person incensed by lies and betrayal so I could actually feel hatred radiating off me at both the husband and best friend. Nothing happened in the book in my opinion that redeemed either person. Nothing either said made any sense either. The book has a haunting line in it...”I have always known I could never trust anyone but myself”. I found myself wondering, “Is this true, period?” Is life about reconciling flawed people? Yes. It is but it’s a part of life I am still extremely uncomfortable with doing. Deceit is a choice of truly weak individuals. Do we really have tolerate that?