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Book cover of A Good Person
A Good PersonKirsten King

Characters in A Good Person

4 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Lillian O'Malley

    A twenty-nine-year-old Boston marketing worker and the unreliable first-person narrator, whose fixation on Henry drives the story.

Supporting characters

  • Henry Davis

    Lillian's casual lover, whose breakup sets off her hex and whose death sets the plot in motion.

  • Nora (A Good Person)

    Henry's long-term girlfriend, who becomes Lillian's rival.

  • Jamie (A Good Person)

    Lillian's closest friend, who reluctantly helps with the hex and later grows suspicious of her.