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veritylowenreads's review
5.0
Loved how well-written this book was! The MC was incredibly likable abe it was fun to follow her on her journey of self-discovery.
The author kept me in my toes the entire time and the twists throughout the book were a welcomed surprise!
The author kept me in my toes the entire time and the twists throughout the book were a welcomed surprise!
cassieb93's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
lindsaytonner's review
2.0
This book was… ok. I don’t think it was particularly well written, it was very repetitive, had some unusual similies (like a buttered sleeve…”), and at times I was able to join in with.the audiobook (think of sentences ending with things like it couldn’t have been him… could it? or it had never happened before… until now. That type of thing.)I also thought it could have been a lot shorter without losing any of the plot. The writing really let this one down because as Crime Thrillers go, it had a pretty good plot!
The story is told from two different points of view, that of Holly and her mother, Cecily. Both are unreliable narrators (my favourite type of narrator!) and leaves you not knowing who to trust!
Between the two of them you find out that 20 years prior, Holly had been kidnapped aged 4 and returned 3 months later unharmed. Her kidnap was witnessed by her best friend and the man responsible was identified and locked up. That is until a policeman comes looking to talk to Holly about lots of little girls who have gone missing since… is it the same man who had Holly? or a copy cat? and why can’t she remember those three months?
I didn’t work out the ending, although the person responsible was on my list of possible candidates. I like a crime fiction where I genuinely don’t know who did it. I like to be surprised and sadly it happens less and less as these books become more formulaic. This one however has managed to break out of the formula and has a fairly solid plot and back story. It left me satisfied (although the whole thing would need to be taken with a rather large pinch of salt.)
Another thing that let this down for me was the narration of the audiobook. The narrators sounded like they were doing a caricature of presenting an NPR talk show, or were pretending to be aroused but were actually really bored. It was odd.
So, to sum up, poor writing, poor narration, good plot. It was a real same, but it would make a cracking movie!
The story is told from two different points of view, that of Holly and her mother, Cecily. Both are unreliable narrators (my favourite type of narrator!) and leaves you not knowing who to trust!
Between the two of them you find out that 20 years prior, Holly had been kidnapped aged 4 and returned 3 months later unharmed. Her kidnap was witnessed by her best friend and the man responsible was identified and locked up. That is until a policeman comes looking to talk to Holly about lots of little girls who have gone missing since… is it the same man who had Holly? or a copy cat? and why can’t she remember those three months?
I didn’t work out the ending, although the person responsible was on my list of possible candidates. I like a crime fiction where I genuinely don’t know who did it. I like to be surprised and sadly it happens less and less as these books become more formulaic. This one however has managed to break out of the formula and has a fairly solid plot and back story. It left me satisfied (although the whole thing would need to be taken with a rather large pinch of salt.)
Another thing that let this down for me was the narration of the audiobook. The narrators sounded like they were doing a caricature of presenting an NPR talk show, or were pretending to be aroused but were actually really bored. It was odd.
So, to sum up, poor writing, poor narration, good plot. It was a real same, but it would make a cracking movie!
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